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.

I could drag my suitcase and

Other than a few shirts in the laundry, phone

the cabinets and wanted to pack my skirts when I saw a cell phone placed

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

lit up. It displayed the chat between Jessica and

pregnant. The baby's yours. Probably conceived it before you left

to Steven's description, Jessica's ex-husband was abusive. If that was the case, shouldn't she

she contacted him

that mean Jessica had been getting entangled with Steven and staying connected with her ex-husband at the same time?

woman he found too precious to touch was bearing another

now was not the best time to tell Steven about

photo of their conversation