Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 734

She turned her head and met his gaze, deep and sincere, and her heart skipped a beat, instinctively wanting to run.

The night Roseanne had her accident, Corley couldn't sit still as he watched her walk up the steps alongside Owen Reynolds.

He wasn't known for his patience.

But for Roseanne, he'd waited six long years, enduring her split with Murray, and then it took another year to maintain their relationship at the level of just friends.

But he couldn't remain just friends forever.

That night, he realized that waiting was futile. It was time to take a leap of faith. For today's confession, he'd been preparing for quite a while.

He was done with the waiting game, the quiet longing. He wanted to rightfully stand by her side, to openly hold her in his arms and kiss her with abandon.

He wanted her.

-That was as clear as day!

As the fireworks faded, leaving a faint scent of spent gunpowder in the air, Corley kept his eyes on her, focused and determined. "Roseanne, I lo—"

A sudden ringtone shattered the moment, breaking the perfectly orchestrated atmosphere.

seemed to

pulling out his phone to silence it, but paused when he saw "Grandma" flashing on the

called him unless it

last time she called this late, she'd been struggling to breathe, collapsing to the floor,

Corley immediately answered, "Sorry, I need

nerves suddenly relaxing. "Of

this call would last long enough for him to forget the

Grandma, what's

shaky, laced

dropped, tension rising

you feed, "What happened?!/

okay? Is Grandpa with you?

barrage of questions was met with

and more intense, until it erupted

"Please, take it easy! Stay

no... She kept

found her, we've finally found her.. Oh,

us mercy..." Contentiet

Belongs

"Found who? What are you talking