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.

would be hard for them

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

he think I had a humiliation kink? Why should I go back to

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

seemed frustrated that I refused his kind gesture.

rapist's den." I barely had the energy to argue with him. And the time before that, you made me lose my

asked, "What do you have in store for me this

surprised by how openly I called out all his wrongdoings

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

the city center where Zane lived, I stood outside his

seemed rather surprised to receive my call. "What's

and a place to

remained calm. "Have you resolved

matter?"

standing right outside

a minute, a security guard came informing

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