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.

he headed out

was

"Good morning, Professor."

over the breakfast. "Here you go, eat

took it. "Heading out

Owen nodded.

"Let's go together then?"

"Sure."

the lab. As he donned his lab coat, he recalled Owen's odd

lab area,

Stoddard called, "Owen, don't overwork yourself.

it all out yesterday and you're still denying it?" Stoddard teased with a

"I'm not denying anything."

stopped short, noticing Owen's grin that was

did you go and confess last

Owen Reynolds: "...No."

what's with that

all

"Huh?"

all up, just a

as long as you're

everyone's here, let them know there's a meeting in

Stoddard: "What's it about?"

in the

9:20, everyone had

conference room, under everyone's

hefty stack of documents.

a few pages, and then

"This is "

Stoddard, what's going on? You're scaring

the stack was full of

tell me you whipped all this

are our upcoming research directions and potential new projects. Let's discuss, and if there

the team quickly crowded

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

swallowed hard, "Face it, Jen, it's

glanced at the stack's thickness,

we won't have a dull moment

was silent, feeling like the room had dropped into

some kind of energy

back to full power and dragging everyone else