Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 790

Owen Reynolds glanced at the clock on the wall, suddenly realizing the time was completely inappropriate.

His ears turned crimson in an instant, but he maintained a serious demeanor. "Can't do it tonight, how about... tomorrow night? Is that okay?"

"Sure," Roseanne nodded.

"Are you heading to the lab tomorrow?" he asked.

"Yeah, I am."

"What time are you leaving?"

"Around eight, why?"

"Let's go together. I'll bring breakfast from that café by the campus gates. Remember you said their potato pancakes and coffee were great?"

"Sounds good, Professor. Thanks!"

"Well... it's getting late. I should head back."

"Alright."

Roseanne saw him to the door.

Owen turned back, "Goodnight."

"Goodnight."

Was it her imagination, or did he seem oddly cheerful even as he closed the door?

Once Owen was gone, Roseanne quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Next door, Owen was in a completely different state.

After getting home, he was too excited to sleep.

Cousin? Really a cousin!

Every time he thought about it, a grin spread across his face that he couldn't suppress.

By 1 a.m., still without a hint of sleep, he gave up lying in bed and got up instead.

He fired up his laptop and continued working on his research paper.

It wasn't until 3 a.m. that he finally dozed off, only to wake again before six.

7:30, he headed out to grab

8 a.m., he was knocking

"Good morning, Professor."

the breakfast. "Here you

Roseanne took it.

Owen nodded.

"Let's go together then?"

"Sure."

at the lab. As he donned his lab coat, he recalled Owen's odd behavior yesterday and

area, there

called, "Owen, don't overwork yourself. Health comes first."

it all out yesterday and you're still denying

"I'm not denying anything."

stopped short, noticing Owen's grin

face. "Wait a minute, did you go and

Owen Reynolds: "...No."

what's with

was all

"Huh?"

it all up, just

long as you're

here, let them know there's a

Stoddard: "What's it about?"

in the

everyone

conference room, under everyone's

hefty stack of documents.

flipping through a few

"This is "

going

more pages, realizing the stack was full of new project proposals-12 in

tell me you whipped

wrapped up before the year's end. These are our upcoming research

rest of the team quickly

research plans? Wow, we haven't even hit the new year yet!" exclaimed

"Face it, Jen,

glanced at the stack's thickness,

this many projects, we won't have a dull moment

was silent, feeling like the room had

down some kind of

full power and dragging everyone else into