The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Hearing my voice, Steven turned to me with a complicated gaze. "Annalise... You... You're back. He didn't hurt you, d-did he?"

How fake was he? Now that he thought I had done it with another man, he no longer called me "honey" anymore.

"Oh, he didn't do anything to me. We just chatted," I casually told them the truth.

"I'm sorry, Annalise. I didn't have a choice." He didn't seem to believe me yet pretentiously apologized to me.

I shrugged, expecting this exact reaction. Casper might be a key figure in helping me expose Jessica in the future, so I naturally wouldn't disclose everything to Steven.

Ignoring him, I headed straight to the storage room, pulled out my suitcase, and said, "Let's go."

Once we finalized our divorce, I would continue collecting evidence and only expose the truth while Steven and Zachary indulged themselves in this illusion.

hard for them to

was particularly cooperative this time. We received our divorce certificate with ease, and I dragged my suitcase, ready to leave. Yet, he rushed up to me. "Annalise, I know I'm the one at

he think I had a humiliation kink? Why

him. "You're quite shameless, aren't you?

his kind gesture. "I was just

me, you sent me to a rapist's den." I barely had the energy to argue with him. And the

do you have in store for me

openly I

waste another second on him. I took a cab, told the driver my destination,

the city center where Zane lived,

surprised to receive my call.

job and a place to stay. "Does the offer still

Zane remained calm. "Have

matter?"

replied, "Yeah. I'm standing right outside

came