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

loosening his tie and unbuttoning the top two buttons

at

"Your ulcer acting up?"

"...No."

you

Roseanne was the last straw, making Murray's

it was his emotions getting the better of

Murray muttered,

"...What do you mean?"

through twelve boxes of antacids." Corley's expression darkened, "You're not looking to live long, huh? Think she'll

that's what you think, then you don't know Roseanne at all." Corley

the bartender and ordered,

alcohol, bring us

Coffee."

Uh!

don't

gaze hardened, "Then two glasses of

"Yes, right away."

removed the alcohol and placed two