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 was replaced with utter

escaped from his

he bolted into

and let out a huff. "Stupid boy! He doesn't know how great of a mommy he's lost!" Inside the car, the chauffeur

"Are you curious why I was so cold to

your flesh and

the first person to find me after I fell down the

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

nurtured turned out to be a traitor. I kept compromising, yet I ended up paying such a painful price time after time. "That's why

future plans from Zane, so I told

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 I'd do if I were in your shoes. Frankly, my ways would be more extreme than

pleasantly surprised that he understood

naturally wasn't going to turn a blind eye to

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

we're good," he said