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!

displeasure from seeing me earlier quickly dissipated and was replaced with utter

finally escaped from his Annoying

bolted

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, face

stare. "Are you curious why

deny it. "He's your flesh

suddenly occurred to me that Zane was the first person to find me after I fell down the stairs, so he knew nothing about the full story. My voice turned as cold as

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 ever after as a family of four." While retelling the story, I turned to look at Zane and saw his

couldn't believe that the boy I patiently, lovingly looked after and nurtured turned out to be a traitor. I kept

future plans from Zane, so I

world. Although I chose to divorce, it doesn't mean I'd brush this matter aside lightly. 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

surprised that he understood

stays unaffected..." He naturally wasn't going to turn a blind eye to everything I

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

we're good," he