Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Owen adjusted his glasses, his expression unreadable.

The next moment, Corley crossed the street, heading towards Roseanne. "Was about to head up to see you, didn't expect to bump into you here." "Something up?"

"Yeah," he nodded, his face somewhat serious. "Can we talk somewhere else? Is that okay?"

Roseanne glanced at Owen, and Corley's gaze naturally followed.

"Fancy seeing you again, Mr. Reynolds."

Owen replied, "Not so fancy, considering you're here for Roseanne. It's easy to run into me."

Corley paused, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Owen met his gaze squarely, calm and unflinching.

"Half an hour, will that do?" Roseanne checked her watch.

"That's fine."

"Let's sit down at that coffee shop across the street."

shops and restaurants, and it was still quiet before

it was relatively

got straight to the point as she sat

legal team gathered some evidence. But since we couldn't directly link it to the case at hand,

through it recently, something you might find

Roseanne

look

her a report, highlighting certain sections with a red

Roseanne flipped through it, her

"See? Whether it was the leaking oxygen tanks or the venomous snake popping out of a gift box, according to the feasibility analysis here, it's

frowned. "You're saying Millie had

seems highly likely, given

his thoughts, "pursuing this further might not

had officially declared they wouldn't proceed with

because you deserve to know the full story. Plus, it's a heads-up, Millie is not as simple

avoid contact with her. Also, be wary

comes up. I'm always available, not

hands and shrugged, adopting a

help

too busy for me