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.

late... and freezing out here.

let's go," Owen agreed, his

little boast, and now

the stairs and went to their own

barely stepped into her living room

out laughing. She just couldn't hold it in

sank onto his sofa,

his messenger

you ever teach me how to build

you

Stoddard: [???]

[Teach me how to

you kidding

whole vacation,

okay giving up your year-end bonus too,

Stoddard: [shocked emoji]

Owen: [Great, it's settled.]

Forget snowmen-I'll teach you to build a snow elephant if

phone aside, flopped onto

Hahaha, double the

morning, he got

everything for the net

to

discover...

The snow had melted?

Melted?!

who'd also arrived early, looked

I don't want to teach you,

Owen said nothing.

that double

"It's gone."