The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 57

Chapter 57

With that, I headed straight into the bookstore to look for Willow. The moment Willow spotted me, she leaped into my arms and happily exclaimed, "Mommy!"

Her voice was pretty loud. I was just about to remind her that the bookstore was supposed to be quiet when Zane said, "Willow, let's keep our voices down." "Got it," Willow said quietly.

Noticing how sensible she was lifted my spirits. I took her hand and said, "Let's head upstairs and check out which books you like."

"Sure!"

Steven stayed right where he was after I left. Jessica tried to cheer him up when she saw he didn't look good. "Steven, don't let it get to you.."

"I never imagined that leaving her with nothing in the divorce would set her off like this," Steven mumbled to himself.

said he set me off, But

of her husband and kid just to prove she's moved on without me and that

started to question her beliefs. Was everything really as he claimed? She was about to step into the bookstore when Steven held her back. "Let's check out another store. If we bump into them, she'll act all loving with her fake

that

me, hesitating briefly before asking, "Did he give you a

if it counted as a hard time. "He's just being self-absorbed, acting like I still have feelings for

Steven had just

"He never thought there'd come a day when

stared at me. "If he ever figures out that you don't have feelings for him, regrets it, and wants

choice, and there's

what I said. She looked up at me and

see if any books or picture books would catch her Zane wanted to pick up some books. He wandered off to find his own while Willow and I looked around. Willow's eyes lit up when she saw those colorful book