Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 762

Corley stood there, momentarily taken aback.

The man was dressed in a well-tailored black coat that perfectly accentuated his broad shoulders and slim waist.

But his face...

It seemed thinner now.

Slightly hollowed.

It only made his eyes appear more profound and unfathomable.

Corley forced a smile, picking up the tea cup. The warmth seeped through the ceramic, heating his palms, sending a tingle up his arm. "I'm not picky about my tea leaves. Thanks."

Roseanne chirped, "Why don't you sit down for a bit? I'll grab a few things and then we can head out?"

"Sure."

Corley watched her walk away, then glanced down at the clear, amber liquid in the glass. He'd half-jokingly asked her countless times before if he could come upstairs for a cup of tea, and she had always refused.

Now here he was, sitting comfortably, with tea she'd brewed herself, even handed directly to him.

Corley couldn't tell if he wanted to laugh or cry.

He'd dreamed of this change happening a thousand times, and now that it had, it was due to a shift in their relationship-

Not becoming a couple, but becoming... siblings?

Ha...

The irony was rich.

one he couldn't spit out, so he

and Roseanne, ever sensitive to the cold, wore a light pink, mid-length puffer jacket over a

look with knee-high boots, embodying youthful

glow from a good night's sleep, leaving her with rosy

was like a gentle brush stroking

A pleasant itch.

"...Bro?"

snapped back to reality, hastily rising

the way to the

throat involuntarily tightened, leaving him parched, his hands slowly clenching

Restraint and tension.

closely, and as

the dining table, she two

the

put

interrupted, "I'll

"Huh?"

I skipped

"One or two?"

throat.

the one across the hall

holding a trash bag, seemingly on his

Both parties froze.

grinned, "Mr. Reynolds, not at the lab today? What

and down, frowning.