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."

it was still quiet before the evening classes ended and

it was

point as she sat down. "What's going

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

through it recently, something you might find

Roseanne was

look

a report, highlighting certain sections with a red pen, "Pay attention to the marked

it,

oxygen tanks or the venomous snake popping out of a gift box, according to the feasibility analysis here, it's unlikely Millie could have pulled this off alone. The timeline from the surveillance also

saying Millie

likely, given

this further might

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

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

contact with her. Also, be wary of your surroundings and

up. I'm always available, not

spread his hands and shrugged, adopting a

help

too busy for me to