Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

"Murray, let me fix your tie for you."

"Heh... I'm wearing a black shirt today."

Millie paused, a look of confusion crossing her face. "I know."

Forget it.

Murray gave up, thinking to himself that sometimes it's best to leave things unsaid when you're not on the same page.

A black shirt with a mixed-color tie, huh....

Only her kind of aesthetic could come up with such a combination.

Murray brushed off her hands, "If you can't do it right, don't bother doing it at all."

Without waiting for Millie's reaction, he strode away.

...

As night fell, Murray wrapped up his work and left the office.

Settling into his car, he lit a cigarette and lingered without starting the engine.

Once the cigarette had burned down, he stamped out the butt and drove off.

He didn't feel like going back to his mansion, so he ended up driving along the river, making a couple of loops.

called during the drive, but he didn't

found himself back

he got scolded for his sloppy

you're something special with your

the lineup of fancy cars lately, huh?

"Yeah, a Porsche!"

"Exactly, what's the deal?"

...

downstairs to take out

windshield,

wore flip-flops, looking effortlessly chic and relaxed. Murray got

Sherwood, fancy seeing you

"Move!"

trash, Murray grew impatient. Owen stood his ground, watching Roseanne enter the building before turning

one of the Reynolds,

unbothered: "Does Mr. Sherwood have a habit of stalking

do?! None

is every citizen's

Murray chuckled, looking straight at Owen. "You're doing all this just out of civic duty? You don't have

expression remained unchanged,

Who do you think you are? How long

length of time means

El.ne

spend a lifetime together and can't make it work, while others

meant to