Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

At 7:30 AM, Roseanne arrived at the lab.

The others hadn't shown up yet when suddenly, there was some noise coming from the lounge.

Accompanied by footsteps, Owen emerged from inside.

Their eyes met, and both paused, taken aback.

Owen thought back to his hasty exit the day before, feeling slightly awkward.

Roseanne remembered her pretend sleep and the scene she had caught a glimpse of...

She also felt uncomfortable.

"Morning," the man broke the silence.

Roseanne nodded slightly, "Morning."

After that, she quickly moved to her workbench and started to busy herself with her tasks, even forgetting to put her lunch in the fridge.

Owen mentioned, "I'm heading to the break room. I can put that in the fridge for you."

Roseanne replied with a brief, "Thanks, Professor."

When lunchtime came, Roseanne left the lab.

As soon as she stepped outside, she saw Corley, hands in his pockets, standing not too far away.

with dress pants. It didn't look bad at all; in fact, it had

you been waiting

got here

asked, "What's up with

document, the man handed it over, "This is the final exam Mr. Olson set for his class. He couldn't be bothered to do it himself, asked me to work through

getting dumped

that wasn't the worst

questions and the answer key. When I gave it to him, he actually said he wasn't confident

clearly mooching off Roseanne

"What's the problem with her

too clever

retorted, "Can't you check

a moment, Hans

Payne had mentioned the girl was busy with experiments and papers and

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apparently having a change of heart, suddenly insisted, "You're absolutely

so busy, I'll take it to

"No need to hand it over in person. We have the electronic version; just email it

"That won't do."

"Why not?"

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they need

settles it! I'll personally deliver it to her

up the documents and

was left puzzled, "What's with him today?