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."

coffee shops and restaurants, and it was still quiet before the evening classes ended and students started

was relatively

as she sat down. "What's going

investigating those incidents in the Maldives, our legal team gathered some evidence. But since

through it recently, something you might find

that?" Roseanne

look

report, highlighting certain sections with a

it, her expression grew

out of a gift box, according to the feasibility analysis here, it's unlikely Millie could

frowned. "You're saying Millie

likely,

his thoughts, "pursuing this further might not hold much

officially

tell you because you deserve to know the full story. Plus, it's a heads-up, Millie is not as simple as she seems. There could be others

it's best to avoid contact with her.

me anytime if something comes up. I'm

spread his hands and

help but

you're too busy for me