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.

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responded, "Just got here a

asked, "What's up with

Mr. Olson set for his class. He couldn't be bothered to do it himself, asked me to work through it and come up with an answer key

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that wasn't

to him, he actually said he wasn't confident in it

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too

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a moment,

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

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agree when Corley, apparently having a change of heart, suddenly insisted, "You're absolutely right

opportunity, he added, "You're so busy, I'll take it to

objected, "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 to

concluded, "That settles it! I'll personally deliver it to her

picked up the

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