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

it, but paused when

him unless it was something

she called this late, she'd been struggling to breathe, collapsing to the floor, on the brink of

situation, Corley immediately answered,

taut nerves suddenly relaxing. "Of

enough for him to forget the words that were

Grandma, what's going

shaky, laced with sobs

tension rising

you feed, "What happened?!/

Is Grandpa with you? Where's the

questions was met

and more intense, until it erupted

near panic. "Please, take it easy! Stay calm! I'll

She kept

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

us mercy..." Contentiet

Belongs

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