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."

were mostly coffee shops and restaurants, and it was still quiet before the evening classes ended

it was relatively

as she sat down.

our legal team gathered some evidence. But since we couldn't directly link it to

going through

that?" Roseanne was

a look

sections with a

it, her expression

out of a gift box, according to the feasibility analysis here, it's unlikely Millie could have pulled this off alone. The timeline

frowned. "You're saying Millie

likely, given

"pursuing this further might

the local police had officially declared they wouldn't proceed with the

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

contact with her. Also, be

me anytime if something comes up. I'm always

hands and shrugged, adopting a

help but

Sullivan, you're too busy for