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.

carelessly stylish manner, the top buttons undone, paired with

have you been waiting

"Just got here

up with Mr.

the final exam 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 for his grad students to use for grading." That

dumped on

that wasn't the worst

to him, he actually said he wasn't confident in it and wanted you to check

was clearly mooching

Olson wondered, "What's the problem with her

was too

you check

moment, Hans

the girl was busy with experiments and

QUMS

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

he added, "You're so busy, I'll

hand it over in person. We have the electronic version;

"That won't do."

"Why not?"

can't compare to a face-to-face

What do they

settles it! I'll personally deliver it to her

picked up the documents and

was left puzzled, "What's with him