Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 753

Stealing?

Corley chuckled, "Well, you'd have to be able to steal it first."

Teague smirked, "How would you know if you haven't tried?"

"What? Are you planning on stealing my aunt? Ha! First, you'd have to get past Grandma and Grandpa."

Teague shrugged it off and turned his scrutinizing gaze to his son, "So, which girl dumped you, huh? Spill the beans."

Corley just gave him a look.

"A minute ago you couldn't stop talking, and now you're silent all of a sudden?"

"...Even if I told you, you wouldn't know her."

Teague let it slide and raised his glass, "Come on, it's not often we get to hang out like this. Cheers."

Clink-

Their glasses met, and they both swallowed their thoughts along with the whiskey.

The moon was high, and the night was deepening.

Corley had had quite a bit to drink, his eyes glazed with the haze of alcohol.

Teague, on the other hand, seemed unaffected despite the amount he drank. His hand was steady as he poured more, his face showing no sign of inebriation.

Two strikingly handsome men, drowning their sorrows in expensive bourbon, naturally drew the curious glances of passersby.

glass down, "Dad, tell me, how do you get a woman to come to you,

mind, asking you is pointless. You haven't figured it out

sure knew how to hit where it

a.m. when they finally

but Teague was sober enough to take

suddenly snapped awake

him, just sighed, thinking to himself that if his son had woken up just one

out a long "Ohhh," "Dad, did you bring

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you, I'm done with that scene, I'm living clean now, don't try

he's awake, but still drunk," Teague

glint in his eye, Teague teasingly asked, "Oh yeah? Who's got

a goofy grin spreading as he thought of someone, "It's

piqued, "And who's

"Roseanne."

"?"

asked again, thinking he must've

Corley enunciated slowly, "Su-Rain-Lullaby!"

son with a mix of surprise

gave way, and he flopped onto the bed, cocooning himself

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for a long moment before muttering to himself,

than your old man."

but let out a

like son,

flashed in

over