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.

a bitter aftertaste on his tongue, one he couldn't spit out, so

degrees Fahrenheit today, and Roseanne, ever sensitive to the cold, wore a light pink, mid-length puffer jacket over a beige cashmere sweater and wool skirt. The ensemble matched the coat's length

completed the look with knee-high boots, embodying

petite face, striking features, and the glow from a good night's

was like a gentle brush

A pleasant itch.

"...Bro?"

to reality, hastily rising

led the way to the front

him parched, his hands

Restraint and tension.

closely, and as

table, she

the

to put them

interrupted, "I'll

"Huh?"

sandwich. I skipped

"One or two?"

throat.

they opened the door, the one across the hall

seemingly on his way to take out

Both parties froze.

"Mr. Reynolds, not at the lab today? What a coincidence, running into

scanned him up and down,