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.

air seemed

phone to silence it, but paused when he saw "Grandma" flashing on

unless it

she called this late, she'd been struggling to

Corley immediately answered, "Sorry,

felt an immense relief, her taut nerves suddenly relaxing. "Of course, go ahead, it's

to forget the words that were left unsaid, the

Grandma, what's going

was shaky, laced with sobs and

dropped, tension rising

you feed, "What happened?!/

you? Where's

questions was met

came, louder and more intense, until

easy! Stay calm!

no... She kept

found her.. Oh, thank heavens,

us mercy..." Contentiet

Belongs

"Found who? What are