Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 282

Chapter 282

Corley spread his hands in a generous gesture of admission, "Been on a health kick lately, honestly can't risk it."

Murray's punch, rather than eliciting the "bounce back" effect he expected, ended up choking him instead.

"Corley, you're just gonna take that lying down? Don't you have any fight in you, man?"

"First off, drinking has nothing to do with having guts or a temper. Secondly, whether I'm a man or not is pretty clear to anyone with eyes."

Murray sneered, "Is that what you told Roseanne when you were wooing her?"

"No, no, no," Corley wagged his index finger, shaking his head, "She's pretty reasonable, didn't need to."

"Ha, so what did you talk about then?"

"Experiences, anecdotes, professional knowledge, poetry, or even life philosophies, and yes-even sweet nothings. There's so much to talk about, I couldn't list them all if I tried." Murray felt a lump in his throat.

And Corley added fuel to the fire, "Wanna hear about it? Maybe we can set aside some time for a heart-to-heart?"

to win the argument with words, Murray resorted to

loosening his tie and unbuttoning the top two

at his

"Your ulcer acting up?"

"...No."

Roseanne leaves and you just let yourself

last straw,

admit it was his emotions getting the better of him, blaming it instead on the

Murray muttered,

"...What do you mean?"

Corley couldn't see his expression, "After she left, I went through twelve boxes of antacids." Corley's expression darkened, "You're not looking to

think, then you don't know Roseanne

the bartender and ordered,

alcohol, bring us

Coffee."

Uh!

we don't

"Then two glasses of

"Yes, right away."

bartender hurriedly removed the alcohol and placed two glasses of