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

finally escaped from his

he bolted

looked at 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,

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

deny it. "He's your flesh and blood,

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

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

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

couldn't hide my future plans from

for Willow's mother to be a benevolent woman,

was pleasantly surprised that he

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

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

we're good," he said