The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 44

Chapter 44

Nobody could tell Jessica loved Zachary from how she treated him. Jessica was wide awake after hearing Steven's words. Her eyes watered at him as she asked, "Are you blaming me for falling asleep?" "No." Steven seldom had a good temper like this. Jessica could tell he genuinely wasn't blaming her and sighed in relief.

That was when Steven cut to the chase. "But-"

Jessica's heart raced at once

"You don't seem to care about Zachary at all," Steven calmly finished.

Jessica was quick to add, "I don't know why either, but my pregnancy symptoms are intense. I just felt so tired and needed to sleep right after you left."

her reasons, Steven still gave her a condescending stare. "But you still haven't asked about Zachary

made a grave mistake. Jessica had successfully kicked Annalise out of the picture

in Steven's heart. Jessica shouldn't have neglected Zachary from the start. At the very least, she should have treated Zachary better around Steven. Jessica inhaled deeply. The main problem at hand was she needed to appease Steven. So, she

fall to the ground. "I'm so sorry for forgetting to ask

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treat Zachary better from now on, okay? Zachary sees you as his

on the weekends, but she woke up early today. She stood outside Zane's door, knocked on it, and exclaimed, "Get up, Daddy! Let's go out for pizza!" Zane had long gotten changed into fresh clothes

love your mom more?"

came to live with them, he no longer held the top stop in Willow's heart. He wondered, "What's happening today?

in a little longer, "Willow answered matter-of-factly. That rendered Zane speechless, and he felt like he shouldn't have bothered

door and immediately overbeard Zane and Willow's conversation. With a

squatted down and reached both arms out, and Willow leaped into my embrace. "We'll go for pizza first. Then, we'll have fun at the