The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 19

Chapter 19

She thought her cocky provocation would trigger me, but I ignored them and strode to the living room.

Steven "kindly" explained to her on my behalf, "She's just pissed at the moment. But don't worry. I'm sure she'll get over it by the time we come home." Zachary chimed in, "Yeah. She might be annoying, but she cooks great food! We're gonna have a feast tonight!"

Jessica was excited. "Really? Oh, I'm looking forward to it already!"

They seemed to believe I still loved Steven and that I would drag my still-recovering body to make them a feast just to get his

forgiveness, almost as if they failed to notice I had been looking at him like he was a random nutjob.

After they left, I entered the storage room, found my suitcase, and brought it into my room. One after another, my belongings went into the suitcase.

pack up my stuff in advance so I could drag

that belonged to me. Other than a few shirts in the laundry, phone

my skirts when I saw a cell phone placed above them. Under the

a pregnancy report, confirming Jessica was nine weeks pregnant. So, who was the father? Was it

the phone and saw the screen lit up. It displayed the chat between Jessica and

baby's yours. Probably conceived it before you

abusive. If that was the case, shouldn't she

contacted him

epiphany. Did that mean Jessica had been getting entangled with Steven and staying

Steven found out that the woman he found too precious

time to tell

my phone, I captured a photo of their conversation and helped