Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 629

She spent her days either collecting rent with her husband or at home, diving into the latest skincare trends and fashion. How could she not be young, beautiful, and stylish? Mamie hit the nail on the head with her compliment, making her day.

"Come on, mom and dad, let me introduce you to a friend from school, a comrade-in-arms from the trenches!"

From the moment Duke showed up, Roseanne had been sizing him up.

This guy was their lab's biggest benefactor.

Saying he paid for half the bricks and mortar here wouldn't be an exaggeration.

Roseanne: "Hello, sir and ma'am."

Scales: "Hello, sir, and you look so young, ma'am..."

His comment... Roseanne couldn't help but give him a side glance.

"Hey! Nice to meet you all!" Duke immediately greeted them warmly, shaking their hands, "Roseanne! Caley! Haha... I've heard so much about you guys from my dear daughter, and finally, I get to meet you in person! I don't have much, but here's a little something for our first meeting."

With that, he pulled out two red envelopes from his coat.

They were quite thick.

He handed one to each.

Before Roseanne and Scales could refuse, Duke generously insisted: "Don't be shy, accept it. It's a gift, take it, take it!"

They exchanged glances.

"Thank you, sir."

that's more like

Suddenly―

Guests already? And here I was thinking I'd

greeted him:

looking up at

But first-

along, little Roseanne, you don't

he finished speaking, several cars

later, a group of distinguished professors stepped

black coats, their

widened in

if the entire computer science department's "Mount Rushmore" had

most of our lives, but we've

bio-lab. Thought we'd come and see it

today." selves

felt a wave of

bringing his entire network

how did you get here before us?" Madeleine chuckled as she stepped

heads and deputy heads of the Grandstone Institute's biology department, the giant of

in the academic world. And

courage, but even she swallowed hard at the sight: "Ro, Roseanne, did

than