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?"

rationality were gone. Corley wanted nothing more than to finish what he'd started last night, to leave Roseanne with no

But-

calm and unwavering.

you give me any chance? Are you scared? Scared that

hear you out because, from now on, regardless of what you think, we're just siblings,

that, she sidestepped him and

what felt like an eternity before a

Siblings?

her to call him

she called him "brother," and it pierced his

...

Neely and Geneva stayed

in the living room,

couple couldn't get enough of their long-lost daughter, as if

searching for her, and their health had suffered as a

aged faces and remembering

Her heart ached.

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

in with a

and I aren't

daughter, and we're not letting

l.ne

too.

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