Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed novel Chapter 671

"Sorry!"

"My bad—"

They both started speaking at the same time, then instinctively stepped back.

Their eyes locked, and beyond the awkwardness, there was a hint of something else brewing - perhaps a flirtatious tension.

Roseanne: "You..."

Owen Reynolds: "I..."

"Why don't you go first, Professor?"

Owen Reynolds looked down, seemingly lost in thought or maybe wrestling with his words.

When he finally looked up, it was as if he had made a decision: "Roseanne, I actually—"

"Look at that, done and dusted!" The stallholder's laid-back voice cut through the moment.

Roseanne, already flushing with embarrassment, seized the chance to divert her gaze.

"That was quick?"

Stallholder: "No helping it, mate, I'm just that good."

With that, he pushed the clay figurine towards her.

One glance and Roseanne couldn't help but twitch at the corners of her mouth.

She should have known better than to expect anything.

The previous figurines, though blurry in features, at least had discernible faces.

This one...

The features were missing, replaced by two vague humanoid shapes, heads leaning into one another...

Wait a minute!

Roseanne's eyes widened.

This design...

"You... you modeled this after people? It's hardly recognizable..."

"How can you not see it? It's obvious! It's you two getting cozy! Look at the heads, the necks, the lips touching..."

Roseanne: "!!"

Owen Reynolds averted his gaze, looking elsewhere, then cleared his throat subtly.

Stallholder: "Still don't see it? Let me point it out again, here's the head..."

"No, that's okay!"

Stallholder: "?"

Roseanne earnestly said, "I see it now."

"For real? You're not pulling my leg?"

[Mack, be sensible! You made such a figurine, of course, the lady's embarrassed!]

[You couldn't sculpt the features, but didn't miss a chance to sculpt them kissing.]

[Mack's still an innocent baby, I won't allow you guys to forgive him!]

Mack, the blogger, reading these comments, was about to respond when suddenly—

"Sorry, can I have that figurine?"

Owen Reynolds unexpectedly came back, not only that but also took out his phone to scan the QR code on the stall's sign for payment.

Mack, a bit dazed: "...Didn't you just run off?"

"Yeah, but came back."

Only he returned, the girl from before was nowhere in sight.

"So, you think my work's not too shabby, huh?!" Mack's eyes sparkled.

Owen Reynolds smiled slightly: "Yes. It's quite remarkable."

"Alright! Here you go—"

Owen Reynolds: "Could you pack it in a box? I don't want it to get damaged."

"No problem, just give me a sec!" And with that, he quickly wrapped it up.

Worried about it getting damaged... he must really appreciate his art...