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

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

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

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

refused his kind gesture. "I was just looking out for

to a rapist's den." I barely had the

have

was surprised by how openly I called out all his wrongdoings

want to waste another second on him. I took a cab, told the driver

the city center where Zane lived,

surprised to receive my call. "What's

job and a place to

remained calm.

matter?"

"Yeah. I'm standing right

security guard came informing me that I