Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 818

Chapter 818

Roseanne was about to refuse, but then Corley added, "Grandma went through all this trouble for you. If you say no, she'll be disappointed."

That shut Roseanne up.

At eleven thirty, Corley pulled up outside. Roseanne went to meet him at the door.

"You didn't have to come out. I could've just gone in," he said.

"Not a chance," she replied.

It wasn't until Roseanne led him through a maze of security checkpoints that Corley understood what she meant. There was no way he could've gotten in on

his own.

"Security's tighter than when the place first opened, huh?" Corley remarked, remembering the day of the ribbon-cutting ceremony. He'd been there it felt like

a lifetime ago.

Roseanne nodded. "I reset the whole system."

"Was that an order from higher up?"

"Not exactly. But a little extra caution never hurts."

Corley nodded in agreement.

"Aren't you busy?" Roseanne asked as they walked. "How do you even have time to deliver food to me?"

is my mission," he said, grinning.

kind of orders?"

the residential wing. Corley unzipped the insulated bag and pulled out two

it neatly on the

"is to watch you and make sure you finish everything

dishes, not counting the

"It smells amazing..."

lately. She says she hasn't cooked much in years, worried she'd lost her touch. All her practice runs end up as dinner for Grandpa and

we're just lucky to have you around. Otherwise, we'd never get

She glanced at the

her. "Hey, have you

you going hungry, she had me out the ten just in case

traffic."

stared at him,

was a pretty

about all this. If he

house

d probably be in

every day.

down and eat with me,” she insisted. "There's no

one. Help me

to waste."

one

handed the fork to him. "Here. I'll use

both sat down and

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