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.

my stuff in advance so I could drag my suitcase and leave once Steven agreed to the

than a few shirts in the laundry,

a cell phone

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

and saw the screen lit up.

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

the case, shouldn't she be doing everything she could to

contacted him

mean Jessica had been getting entangled with Steven and staying connected with her

he found too precious to touch was bearing another man's child, he would be

help but smile at that thought. Obviously, now was not the best time to tell

photo of their conversation and helped the careless Jessica remove her