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

have you

got here

up with Mr.

He couldn't be bothered to do it himself, asked me to work through it and come up with an answer key for

dumped

that wasn't the

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

mooching off Roseanne this

"What's the problem

was too clever

you

a moment,

was busy with experiments and papers

QUMS

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

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

need to hand it over in person. We have the

"That won't do."

"Why not?"

communication can't compare to a

do they

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

saying that, he picked up

left puzzled, "What's with him today?