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.

could drag my suitcase and leave

than a few shirts in the laundry, phone

cabinets and wanted to pack my skirts when I saw a cell phone placed above them. Under the phone was a piece of paper. I

out to be a pregnancy report, confirming Jessica was nine weeks pregnant.

phone and saw the screen lit up. It displayed the chat between Jessica and her ex-husband, where she last texted

conceived it before

Jessica's ex-husband was abusive. If that was the case,

she contacted

Steven and staying connected with her ex-husband at the same time? And she was pregnant with

woman he found too precious to touch was bearing

that thought. Obviously, now was not the best time to

captured a photo of their conversation and helped the careless