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!

seeing me earlier quickly dissipated and was

finally escaped

bolted

his retreating figure and let out a huff. "Stupid 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 looked at me,

enough of his stare. "Are you curious why I was so cold to

your flesh and blood,

suddenly occurred to me that Zane was the first person to find me after I fell down the

chose to ignore me and ran off. And the reason? Well, he desperately wanted me to divorce his dad so they all

that the boy I patiently, lovingly looked after and nurtured turned out to be a traitor. I kept compromising,

plans

wish for Willow's mother to be a benevolent woman,

was pleasantly surprised

naturally wasn't going to turn a blind eye to everything I did. "You can do whatever

for a long time. "Don't worry. I will never

good," he