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

contents of

Mamie was speechless.

and Scales immediately put down their boxes,

beat

the ground, repacked them,

Mamie stammered, a

Were they that close?

would he suddenly help

Carlson, Roseanne and Scales

smile, "Thanks for the help,

need to be so guarded. I didn't catch up just

raised an

a few seconds "Believe it or not, I wanted to say when you first

intentionally hog

here to

Roseanne wasn't surprised.

the surprise in Carlson's

this time, he just followed Slater and the others, staying on the sidelines without getting

moment, making a

her Carlson wasn't

trust him yet. After a moment, she simply said, "Dwelling on the past is

true," he nodded slightly, his gaze briefly touching the other two boxes on the ground, "Have you... decided to give up