Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 695 "So, let's all try to understand each other a bit better, okay?"

Though Murray's face was still a mask of stiffness, the uproar had ceased. Clearly, he had taken those words to heart.

Grace let out a soft sigh of relief, but...

The whispers and pointed stares from the crowd were making her uncomfortably self-conscious.

After all, her boyfriend had just made a public spectacle over another woman. And not just any woman, but a fellow student from the same college, albeit under a different mentor. The gossip mill would have a field day with this.

Gossip, as it turns out, is a universal pastime. The size of the audience depends on the juiciness of the story.

Sybil watched the commotion over Roseanne with a derisive snort, "Ridiculous!"

All this fuss over... what?

Roseanne was still alive, wasn't she?

safe, was all this drama

some kind of royalty. Like we all owe her something?" Mamie shot back, "How can you even

is so aggrieved, perhaps he should just go home and get some sleep. We're not insisting you lend a hand, but there's no need to

I want to stand out here in

The crowd gradually dispersed.

Plus, with nothing left to see, sticking

only Murray, Grace, a few staff members, Scales, Mamie, and three of

the sky began

fell softly, adding to

damp chill, seeped through the cracks of the wooden

tighter around her, walked to the window

lights offered some brightness, but beyond lay an impenetrable darkness, with trees swaying in the wind

you have to

the morning, as the rain eased and the temperature

to be a tropical zone, where temperatures shouldn't

they were, in an area simulating a tropical desert climate, known