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

had finally escaped from

he bolted

huff. "Stupid boy! He doesn't know how great of a mommy he's lost!" Inside the

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

it. "He's your flesh and

I fell down the stairs, so he knew nothing about the

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

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

I couldn't hide my future plans from Zane,

If you wish for Willow's mother to be a

was pleasantly surprised that

to turn a blind eye

time. "Don't worry. I will never get

good," he said