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?"

to finish what he'd started last

But-

her eyes calm and unwavering. Suddenly, Corley

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

head gently, ever so composed. "It's not about fear. There's no need to hear you out because,

she sidestepped him and

eternity before a

Siblings?

her to call him

it

...

and Geneva stayed at

them company in the living

if trying to make up

for her, and their

faces and remembering the

Her heart ached.

the time, Madge. You should get some rest," Geneva said, holding her daughter's hand,

chimed in with

and I

found our daughter, and we're not letting

l.ne

too.

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