Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

"Professor, are we good to go?"

Roseanne's voice jolted Owen back to reality.

"... Yes, we're all set."

"Thank you."

Owen couldn't help but glance at her waist again.

It wasn't anything inappropriate; it was just...She was so thin!

Was she even eating properly?

...

Murray sat in front of the vanity from sunrise to sunset, and then till the sun rose again the next day.

It wasn't that he didn't want to sleep; he simply couldn't.

His mind tirelessly and uncontrollably wandered through memories.

There were moments of pure bliss and love shared between them, and then there were the times he'd been an absolute jerk.

Only when the first light of dawn crept in did Murray manage to break free from the mire of his reminiscences.

At 8 AM, right during rush hour, he changed into clean clothes and drove to the most popular bakery on Bluebell Path.

What usually took a half-hour drive took him a whole hour today.

I'd like a mango

"You want

"The whole thing."

first one and were about to slice it. If you were two minutes later, you'd have had to wait for the next." Murray

cake, she made small talk: "Buying a cake this early, must be for a special

ex-girlfriend

sentence, seven words, yet the young clerk conjured up an entire romance

the protagonist, and who ended up being the supporting

took the cake, got into

clerk stood at the counter, watching him through the glass door: "Wow... a

...

Mamie and Scales were headed to

the classroom building, Mamie couldn't help but smack her lips: "I'm kinda

his

about we grab something to drink from the coffee

Scales: "..." As expected!

her; she could keep the conversation going

"I'm not thirsty."

Caley, you're

with you, but I'm not drinking

fun drinking alone; you've

"...But I..."

"I know, you're all about that gym

in her sleep at this

get something with zero sugar