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.

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

you been

got here a bit

up

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 it and come up with an answer key for his grad students to use for grading." That old man, not willing to lift

getting dumped on

that wasn't the worst

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

mooching

"What's the problem with her

was too clever

"Can't you

moment,

had mentioned the girl was busy with experiments

QUMS

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

opportunity, he added, "You're so busy,

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

"That won't do."

"Why not?"

can't compare

What do they need

settles it! I'll personally deliver

he picked up the documents and

"What's with him today?