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.

was he getting at? He said he

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

is that the more she tries to show off, the more it shows she still loves me." Jessica noticed how confident Steven seemed and started to question her beliefs. Was everything really as he claimed? She was about to

then that Jessica

briefly before asking, "Did he

as a hard time. "He's just being

just told me with Zane, who

"He never thought there'd come a day when I might not

at me. "If he ever figures out that you don't have feelings

made my choice, and there's no going

hearing what I said. She looked up at me and

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