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.

grazed her arm and

contents of her box scattered

Mamie was speechless.

put down their boxes, ready to help her pick everything

beat them to

quickly gathered the snacks from the ground, repacked them, and handed the

stammered, a bit

Were they that close?

he suddenly help her pick up

Carlson, Roseanne and Scales exchanged a

forward with a smile, "Thanks for the

chuckled, "No need to be so guarded. I didn't

raised an eyebrow,

for a few seconds "Believe it or not, I wanted

hog it. And

come here

Roseanne wasn't surprised.

confrontation, the surprise in Carlson's eyes didn't seem

he just followed Slater and the others,

stepped up at a crucial moment, making a fair point,

told her Carlson wasn't

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

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