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.

his shirt in a carelessly stylish manner, the top buttons undone, paired with dress pants. It didn't look bad at all; in fact, it had a certain easy

you been

"Just got

"What's up with

is 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

getting dumped

wasn't

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

was clearly mooching off Roseanne this

"What's the problem

too

"Can't you

moment, Hans

girl was busy with experiments and papers and probably didn't have the

QUMS

agree when Corley, apparently having a change of heart, suddenly

so busy, I'll take it

We have

"That won't do."

"Why not?"

can't compare to a face-to-face

What do they need to

"That settles it! I'll personally

he picked up the documents and

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