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

few shirts in the laundry, phone chargers, and some documents,

my skirts when I saw a cell phone placed above them. Under the phone was a piece of paper. I took a look

to be a pregnancy report, confirming Jessica was nine

I pressed the power button on the phone and saw the screen lit up. It displayed the chat between Jessica and her

it before you left

the case, shouldn't she be doing everything

she contacted

entangled with Steven and staying connected with her ex-husband

Steven found out that the woman he found too precious to touch was bearing another man's child, he

smile at that thought. Obviously, now was not the best time to tell Steven about it. Oh, I looked forward to the day they had a

their conversation and helped the careless Jessica