Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 671

"Sorry!"

"My bad-"

They both started speaking at the same time, then instinctively stepped back.

Their eyes locked, and beyond the awkwardness, there was a hint of something else brewing - perhaps a flirtatious tension.

Roseanne: "You..."

Owen Reynolds: "I..."

"Why don't you go first, Professor?"

Owen Reynolds looked down, seemingly lost in thought or maybe wrestling with his words.

When he finally looked up, it was as if he had made a decision: "Roseanne, I actually—" "Look at that, done and dusted!" The stallholder's laid-back voice cut through the moment. Roseanne, already flushing with embarrassment, seized the chance to divert her gaze. "That was quick?"

Stallholder: "No helping it, mate, I'm just that good."

With that, he pushed the clay figurine towards her.

One glance and Roseanne couldn't help but twitch at the corners of her mouth.

She should have known better than to expect anything.

The previous figurines, though blurry in features, at least had discernible faces.

This one...

by two vague humanoid shapes, heads leaning into one another... Wait

Roseanne's eyes widened.

This design...

modeled this after

obvious! It's you two getting cozy! Look at the heads, the

Roseanne: "!!"

Reynolds averted his gaze, looking elsewhere, then cleared

see it? Let me point it out again, here's

"No, that's okay!"

Stallholder: "?"

"I see

You're not

"Seriously."

"YES! Knew my sculpting wasn't that bad, you just didn't believe!" Meanwhile, in the livestream

through the screen, I

break, she's

scared she's going to start crying

please shut him up?

"Here, take it."

back: "No, no,

like us.

Owen Reynolds

But...

quickly pulled

run! We

hand off, scratched his head then moved

You made such a