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."

restaurants, and it was still quiet before the evening classes ended

was relatively

she sat down. "What's going on?

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

while going through

that?" Roseanne was

look at

her a report, highlighting certain sections with a red pen, "Pay

flipped through it, her

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

"You're saying Millie had an

likely, given

gathered his thoughts, "pursuing this further might

the local police had officially declared

to 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

her. Also, be wary of your surroundings and stay

up. I'm always available, not

spread his hands and

couldn't help but

busy for