Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed novel Chapter 579

Corley frowned, a hint of impatience lacing his voice, "So, are we doing this my way, or are you still trying to call the shots?"

The man shrunk back, not daring to utter another word.

A familiar voice caused Roseanne to glance their way instinctively.

Just then, Halley called out to her, "Roseanne, come sit with us!"

Corley whipped his head around.

Their eyes met, both momentarily taken aback.

Corley was the first to recover, a smile breaking across his face as he stood and walked towards her, his eyes filled with surprise and delight, "What are you doing here?"

"Checking out the construction site."

"Why are you interested in a construction site?"

Roseanne retorted, "Can't I be?"

"It's just... you're not studying architecture or making money from it. What's the catch? Looking for some inspiration or just for kicks?"

Roseanne coughed lightly, "I own a piece of land here, planning to build a house. Is there a problem?"

"Here? You own land?"

Corley's mind raced, then it clicked, "The piece Murray gave you?"

"How did you know about that?!" Roseanne's eyes widened in shock.

The man scoffed lightly, "What about you and him don't I know?"

Before Murray had given the land, he'd sought Corley's opinion. Seeing the transfer document had made Corley frown.

He had looked down on Murray's stinginess and felt that Roseanne, after all her hard work and dedication over the years, deserved better.

Their joint venture was now a publicly listed company, and all Murray could offer one of the co-founders was a check and a piece of land?

Was he kidding?

Only Roseanne would let him get away with that, tolerating him. Any other entrepreneur would have outright rejected such an unfair distribution of benefits.

Sure enough, Roseanne had accepted it without demanding shares.