The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 25

Chapter 25

Right then, Holly came to explain the situation. "This is Willow's mother, Zachary. She's here to drop her off. This is a misunderstanding." "Impossible!" Zachary refuted without hesitation. "She's my mommy!"

"Hey, don't get all friendly," I interrupted him. "I definitely didn't give birth to a son like you."

He was taken aback.

Holly quickly chimed in, "Did you forget? You said you didn't know her when she came to pick you up last time."

Why was he claiming someone he supposedly didn't know as his mother today? Strange.

As Zachary watched me enter the car, looking nonchalant, he couldn't contain his excitement.

At last, his Mean Mommy abandoned him! He could finally live a happy life with his Mommy Jessie!

me earlier quickly dissipated and

had finally escaped from

bolted into his

boy! He doesn't know how great of a mommy he's lost!" Inside the car, the chauffeur took the driver's seat, while Zane and I sat in the back seats. He

stare. "Are you curious why I was so

your flesh and blood, after

to me that Zane was the first person to find me after I fell down the stairs, so he knew nothing about the

with the stairs. When Zachary saw me fall, he chose to ignore me and ran off. And the reason? Well, he desperately wanted me to divorce his dad so they all could live happily

understand his reaction. "At that time, I couldn't believe that the boy I patiently, lovingly looked after and nurtured turned out to be a traitor. I kept compromising, yet I ended up paying such

my future plans from

If you wish for Willow's mother to be a benevolent woman, I suggest you fire me." After a long silence, Zane responded, "I was just imagining what I'd do if I were in your shoes. Frankly, my

surprised that he

as Willow stays unaffected..." He naturally wasn't going to turn a

"Don't worry. I will never get Willow involved in

good," he said