Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 817

As she spoke, she was already rolling up her sleeves, eager to get started.

"Professor, let's forget the snowball fight-let's build a snowman! Please?"

Owen Reynolds paused, caught off guard.

"Haven't you said you can do anything? Come on, let's make a snowman-even bigger than this one..." Roseanne didn't wait to see his reaction. She started scooping up snow, recalling how the two kids earlier had done it and mimicking their moves.

When she realized Owen hadn't said a word for a while, Roseanne stopped and glanced up at him.

"Professor?"

"...A snowman?"

"Yes!" Her eyes sparkled with excitement.

"...Alright." He crouched down beside her.

Things weren't going quite how he'd imagined, but there was no harm in giving it a try.

As for the result...

Roseanne stared at the two lopsided lumps of snow in front of her. They were awkwardly stacked, neither round nor square, the top smaller than the base. Forget about a carrot nose or button eyes-even calling it a "snowman" was a stretch.

Honestly, it just looked like... two sad piles of snow.

She looked at Owen, her expression somewhere between baffled and speechless.

He rubbed his nose, clearly embarrassed. "Um... I guess I'm not as consistent as

I thought."

"It's fine," Roseanne said, trying to reassure him.

But the more she covered for him, the more mortified he felt.

out here. How

go," Owen agreed,

boast, and now

stairs and went

stepped into her living room when,

laughing. She just

his door, sank onto his sofa, and

phone. He opened his messenger app and found

you ever teach me how to

you say you

Stoddard: [???]

[Teach me how to build a snowman

you

whole vacation, is that

giving

Stoddard: [shocked emoji]

Owen: [Great, it's settled.]

[Wait! Forget snowmen-I'll teach you to

flopped onto his bed,

Hahaha, double the

next morning, he

everything for the net

to the lab,

discover...

The snow had melted?

Melted?!

and Owen, who'd also arrived

I don't want to teach you,

Owen said nothing.

about that double

"It's gone."