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."

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

was

point as she sat down. "What's going on?

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

upon something new while going through it recently,

Roseanne was

look

her a report, highlighting certain sections with a red

Roseanne flipped through it, her expression grew more

oxygen tanks or the venomous snake popping out of a gift box, according to the feasibility analysis here, it's unlikely Millie could

frowned. "You're saying Millie

likely,

thoughts, "pursuing this further might

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

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

avoid contact with her. Also, be wary of your

comes up. I'm always available, not like I'm worth

his hands and shrugged,

help

too busy for me to