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.

then, it would be hard for them to continue being a

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 fault. You left with nothing after the divorce, and with your lack of work experien "Why don't you work at my house as a nanny? I'll pay

he nuts, or did he think I had a humiliation kink? Why should

shameless, aren't you? But please, save your

frustrated that I refused his kind gesture.

den." I barely had the energy to argue with him. And the time

asked, "What do you have in store for

how openly I called out all

a cab, told the driver my

the city center where Zane lived, I stood outside his villa and called

to receive my

place to

course." Zane remained calm. "Have you

matter?"

replied, "Yeah. I'm standing right outside your

a security guard came informing