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.

would be hard for them to

Yet, he rushed up to me. "Annalise, I know I'm the one at fault. You left with

I had a humiliation kink? Why should I

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

that I refused his kind gesture. "I

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

do you have in store for me

openly I called out all his

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

of the city center where Zane lived, I stood outside

to receive my call. "What's

needed a job and a place to stay. "Does the

calm. "Have you resolved

matter?"

"Yeah. I'm standing

minute, a security guard came informing me that