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.

advance so I could drag my suitcase and leave once Steven

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

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

confirming Jessica was nine weeks pregnant. So, who

lit up. It displayed the chat

yours. Probably conceived it before you

case, shouldn't she be doing everything she could to stay away

she contacted

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

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

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

out my phone, I captured a photo of their conversation and helped the careless Jessica remove