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.

it would be hard for them to continue being a

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

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

shameless, aren't you? But please,

refused his kind gesture. "I was just

had the energy to argue with him. And the time before that, you made me lose my baby."

asked, "What do you have in store for me

I called out

to waste another second on him. I took a cab, told the driver my destination, and let the car take me

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

seemed rather surprised to receive my

place

course." Zane remained calm.

matter?"

standing right

security guard came informing me that