Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed novel Chapter 631

Eyes wide as saucers, shock painted all over her face.

Suddenly, Roseanne's words echoed in her ears...

Life's a roller coaster, isn't it? Who hasn't hit a rough patch?

What goes around, comes around. My today might very well be your tomorrow...

Snapping back from her daze, Sybil's first instinct was to frantically tug at Aunt Edna's sleeve. "Auntie, she actually built a lab! What are we going to do?! The principal knows, too. Could all the stuff we've done be exposed?"

In her panic, she even forgot to avoid any suspicion in her address.

"Shut it!" Edna glared fiercely, "What have we done? We've done nothing! Watch your mouth!"

Only Arkle and Carlson were genuinely sizing up the building, their eyes growing brighter the more they looked.

"Carlson, five stories... imagine the space in there?"

Carlson, arms crossed, was nothing but amazed, without a hint of surprise.

Classic Roseanne—go big or go home.

"Why don't we head in and see for ourselves?"

Arkle's eyes sparkled, "Really? We didn't get an invite though..."

They were here on a whim, having snagged an invite from Babur.

Carlson smirked, "Who says we don't have one?"

Arkle was gobsmacked. What does he mean? Could it be?

Carlson casually unzipped his jacket to reveal the corner of a red invitation peeking from his inner pocket.

Arkle was floored. No way!

"Carlson, you—"

"Shh, keep it down."

Arkle immediately contained his excitement, though his heart was racing.

He whispered, "Did Roseanne give it to you?"

"Yeah."

"You guys close?"

Carlson thought about it, "Not really."

"Oh, I see now," Madeleine realized, "I thought Director White was crashing the party with a crowd, here to watch a spectacle."

Their back-and-forth left Babur sweating bullets, barely managing to keep up his smile while repeatedly insisting, "Not at all... wouldn't dare..."

From arrogance to servility, his demeanor had transformed entirely.

After a brief "as you were" from Madeleine, she took Roseanne to attend to other professors, leaving Babur thoroughly ignored.

As for Edna...

She was even less of a concern.

Suddenly, something struck Babur, his face turning pale as he hurriedly pulled out his phone—

"Hey! Bob! Call off the 'Campus Chronicle' reporters! Bring them back now! They better not show up!"

Bob was startled, "Director White, what's happened?!"

"Don't ask, just do it!"

"But... it's too late!"

Babur was floored.