Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Then, despite himself, he took another couple of looks.

Noticing Scales' gaze, Corley looked back without a ripple, his eyes deepening.

"Please, have a seat."

"Thank you."

Mamie and Scales sat down next to Roseanne.

Corley called over a waiter, "Bring two more sets of cutlery, and ask the kitchen to whip up a couple more dishes."

"Sure, any specific requests?"

Corley glanced at the two.

Mamie said, "Something with meat."

Scales said, "No seafood."

"Got it."

The waiter left, making sure to close the door behind him.

Now, only the four remained in the private room.

Corley smiled towards Roseanne, "Aren't you going to introduce us, Anne?"

Anne?

Mamie blinked. Scales also looked curious.

didn't change: "They're my classmates, Scales,

at Corley, she introduced, "My friend,

asks me out, but this is an exception. So, what kind

said "you guys."

was

Scales exchanged looks but

Roseanne said, "I'll explain..."

you want to fund this yourselves, buying CPRT

"Yeah."

moment, "Does the academy

haven't discussed it

whether they could even purchase the equipment was another

the academy, otherwise, it could become a point of contention."

if you buy the equipment, it'll still be housed in the academy's lab; second, just because you're footing the bill, do you plan to let the

en

"Is there a way to teach them a

Roseanne: "Do you agree, Anne?" Roseanne was speechless. He must be doing this on purpose! He had thought of everything, what reason did she have to disagree?

I'll take it as a yes. As

how

discount?"

eyes widened. "Fifty percent?! Is that

of $630,000, enough to buy

and Scales, however, frowned in

"You're in business too; we can't let you take a loss. We'll

the

think too highly

of the

took a couple