Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 572

Owen Reynolds was a sure bet in her corner.

Roseanne quipped, "The keys have been handed over. This one, I can't give you."

"Why not?"

"Sweetheart, if we hand over the keys, what will we do when it's time to move the espresso machine? Break in?"

Mamie's eyes widened in surprise, "We can move that espresso machine?!"

"Of course. We bought it, didn't we? Why can't we move it?"

"Exactly! If we bought it, we can move it whenever we want."

"That's why we need to keep the key. It'll make things easier when we move."

Scales smirked, "Edna has been trying to push us out just for this machine. Looks like her plans are going to fall through!"

The trio packed up and left, each carrying a cardboard box.

Mamie's was the largest, filled to the brim with snacks.

Chips, nuts, spicy sticks, cookies, milk, sparkling water...

As they passed by the soccer field, a ball flew straight at Mamie. In an attempt to dodge, she dropped her box.

just grazed her

the contents of

Mamie was speechless.

their boxes, ready to help her

beat them

the ground, repacked them, and

stammered, a bit

Were they that close?

suddenly help

and Scales

stepped forward with a smile, "Thanks for

to be so guarded. I didn't catch

an eyebrow, "Then

it or not, I wanted to say when you first applied

didn't intentionally hog

come here to gloat"

Roseanne wasn't surprised.

surprise in Carlson's eyes didn't

this time, he just followed Slater and the others, staying on

at a crucial moment, making a fair point, directly stating that

instincts told her Carlson wasn't

ready to trust him yet. After a moment, she simply said,

briefly touching the other two boxes on the ground, "Have you... decided to