Roseanne was speechless.

Did Leda do that on purpose? How else could a call directly land in Owen's hands?

Anyone else wouldn't have made it here so fast!

Ten minutes later.

After making sure Leda was settled, Roseanne tiptoed out of the room and closed the door behind her.

Turning around, she saw Owen sitting on the living room couch, his gaze fixed on a cluster of beer cans yet to be cleaned up.

"Did she drink all these by herself?" His voice wasn't exactly harsh, but Roseanne felt an undeniable pressure.

She told the truth, "I had a few sips myself."

"Just a few sips?" Owen looked at her steadily, his gaze piercing.

Roseanne gave up the pretense: "Ahem! Two cans... that's not too much, right? But honestly, I'm not drunk."

solace in alcohol, and partly because she mixed the cabinet's wine with the beer, which intensified the effect. Owen also felt a bit of a headache: "You sit

already rolled up

finished cleaning up,

me a moment, I'll go take

Roseanne also stood up: "I'll come with you.

her, "Put

"Oh, right!"

the dimly lit hallway, Owen led the way with Roseanne a

under the side lighting, and Roseanne stepped into his shadow, following

mother called me." Suddenly, Owen broke the

about the blind date

few times, and Roseanne guessed it might

Owen hummed in affirmation.

followed the street lights, walking forward. "With the Reynolds family's status today, there's no need for a marriage alliance to achieve anything, and

she couldn't understand

family didn't need a marriage alliance, the old family

herself came from

She didn't feel dominated by her family, nor

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