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-

calm and unwavering. Suddenly,

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

not about fear. There's no need to hear you out because, from now on, regardless of what you think, we're

him and left

there, motionless, for what felt like an eternity before a wry smile

Siblings?

her to call him

and it pierced his

...

and Geneva stayed at the

kept them company in the living room, chatting

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

for her,

faces and remembering the tears her mother

Her heart ached.

get some rest," Geneva said, holding

in with

I

daughter, and we're not letting

l.ne

too.

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