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?"

with words, Murray resorted to sulking and drowning his frustrations in

tequila, he began to feel tipsy, loosening his

frowned at his drinking

"Your ulcer acting up?"

"...No."

and you

straw, making Murray's eyes and nose

his emotions getting the better of him,

muttered,

"...What do you mean?"

"You're not looking

that's what you think, then you don't know Roseanne at

the bartender and ordered,

alcohol, bring us two

Coffee."

Uh!

we don't

two glasses of

"Yes, right away."

and placed two glasses of