Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 561

Roseanne quickly got herself together, slipping into her down jacket and scarf as she raced downstairs.

Reaching the bottom, she found a crowd of kids already out and about, each armed with their own set of tools, enjoying the winter's first snowfall a rare treat indeed. Standing apart from the crowd, under a snow-covered tree, Owen Reynolds watched her with a smile.

Roseanne's eyes lit up, and she dashed over to him.

It was only when she got closer that she noticed the bucket by his feet, filled with-

Snowball makers, mini snow shovels, plastic snow rakes...

And not just any snowball makers, but ones in various shapes.

"These...these..." Roseanne swallowed hard.

Owen Reynolds said, "For you to enjoy."

Wow!

"Professor, I'm not a kid..."

Yet, two minutes later-

Roseanne excitedly waved him over: "Professor! Look at this duck! Doesn't it look just like one?!"

"And this little dinosaur, too cute!"

"Professor, could you use this little shovel to scoop up some clean snow from over there? I want the pure white kind, not a speck of dirt-" "Professor-"

"Professor..."

Roseanne was too excited.

passing neighbors gave her

she do? She was from

know the true value of a big

was having the time of her

play and occasionally following her orders like a personal assistant-was

...

Stoddard was in the lab, scratching

time is it? Why isn't Owen here yet? We had problems with two sets of data yesterday, waiting for him to

was surprised: "Mr. Stoddard,

"Yeah, why?"

took a day

When did he request that?! How come I

professor sent an email last night, said... he'd be away and

dumbfounded. A great start

to the window: "The

winter, it's

nice to go

and enjoy the snow."new

give it up. I tried booking tickets online at midnight and still couldn't get any." "Oh, Sammy, going for the romantic snow view in Central

know, with all the buzz online, the big promo videos, checking in, I

see what it's

belongs to en. wontent

"Taking Liz with you?"

going alone, right?

you