Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 742

Chapter 742

"Corley!" Roseanne interrupted, locking eyes with him. "Think carefully about what you want to say, what you should say, before you speak."

"You know, don't you?" The man trapped her between the wall and his chest, his arms resting on either side of her.

"Know what? And what if I don't? Our relationship shouldn't be..."

"What relationship?" He smirked, "Tell me, what are we to each other?"

"...Cousins."

"You might not know this, but my mom isn't actually my grandparents' biological daughter. Which means-we're not blood-related!"

Roseanne froze for a moment. "Whether we're blood-related or not, there's no possibility for us."

"Why not?"

"I don't like you."

That phrase again!

Always that phrase!

Corley gripped her shoulders tightly, his frustration evident. "Why can't you like me? You even loved someone like Murray, who was a total jerk. Why not me? Anne..."

His eyes glistened with unshed tears. "Don't be so heartless, okay?"

than to finish what he'd started last night,

But-

her eyes calm and unwavering. Suddenly, Corley felt a bitterness well up

struggled to speak. "Why won't you listen? Why...won't you give me any chance? Are you scared? Scared that there might be something more between

gently, ever so composed. "It's not about fear. There's no need to hear you out because, from now on, regardless of what you think, we're just

she sidestepped him

like an eternity before

Siblings?

her to call

and it

...

night, Neely and Geneva stayed

the living room, chatting until

of their long-lost daughter, as if trying to make up for all the lost years in one

exhausted themselves searching for her,

and remembering the tears her mother had

Her heart ached.

Madge. You should get some rest," Geneva said, holding her

chimed in with a

I

and we're not letting go this

l.ne

too.

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