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!

quickly dissipated and was replaced with

He had finally escaped from his

bolted into his

a mommy he's lost!" Inside the car, the chauffeur took the driver's seat, while Zane and I sat in the back seats.

had enough of his stare. "Are you curious why I

deny it. "He's your flesh and

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

divorce his dad so they all could live happily ever after as a family of four." While retelling the story, I turned to

looked after and nurtured turned out to be a traitor. I kept compromising, yet I ended up paying such a painful

my future plans from Zane, so I

a benevolent woman, I suggest

was pleasantly surprised that he

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

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

good," he said