Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 602

The warmth of the tea seeped through the cup and into Roseanne's palms, but it felt lukewarm compared to the brief warmth that had enveloped her waist moments earlier.

Suddenly, knock, knock, knock-

The sound of someone at the door.

"Who is it?" she asked, making her way to the door.

Owen Reynolds stood outside, "Your shoe."

Roseanne was taken aback.

He had actually gone and retrieved the shoe that had been carried off.

"Thank you, Professor."

"It was nothing."

In the afternoon, Roseanne took a nap.

She got up at two and headed to the lab.

When she arrived, Scales Dixon was there, but Mamie Finch was nowhere to be seen.

Scales said, "Oh, she went to grab some drinks."

Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.

returned, carrying iced lattes, of course, including

from the workstations set aside for snacking and drinking, complete with a stash of snacks

of the iced lattes from Mamie. Previously, he had never shown any interest in them, and on the rare occasions he did partake, it was only because Mamie insisted. He would choose the smallest cup, sugar- free, and still leave

"Caley, what do you think? Is the new flavor any

"...Yeah."

try mine, it's also

"... Yeah."

the window. Oh, there was no sun, so she couldn't tell if it was setting

for the entire afternoon until the evening began to set in, and Mamie

some things to

"Don't stay too late."

"I won't."

workstation and locked

had fully set in, and

breeze made her instinctively tuck her neck further into

a distance, she resembled

"Roseanne"

called her

with

some things

moment from the morning uncontrollably resurfaced in her mind, causing her gaze to flicker shyly. However, Owen Reynolds seemed

haven't either. Want to

could respond with a "yes," Roseanne's

She answered, "Hello?"

you right