The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 63

Chapter 63

Steven stood there silently as he watched Annalise walk away.

Initially, Jessica had thought of skipping the send-off for the kids, but she was worried that it might give Steven and Annalise a chance to reconnect. After wrestling with her thoughts, she finally decided to join Steven.

From atar, Jessica watched as Steven stopped Annalise. Though she couldn't hear their conversation, she could see Annalise's expression turning colder by the second, as if she didn't care about Steven.

Still, Jessica couldn't shake off her unease at Steven's reaction. She approached him and asked, "Does she still not see your good Intentions?"

Steven hummed in reply before getting into the car, and Jessica climbed into the passenger seat, buckling her seatbelt.

didn't start the engine immediately. Instead, he looked at her and said, "Annalise used to love me so much. How could she just stop loving me

seemed to struggle with the

flooding her. What did he mean by that? She looked into Steven's eyes and noted the bewilderment he was going through, as if he couldn't accept what was happening. Jessica couldn't tell exactly how

her reply, Steven began to relax a little

what he was thinking about. But she went along with it. "Maybe she's just pretending strong before you,

to be

That meant that Annalise still cared about him and loved him, right? With that thought in mind, his mood was

getting to me, she'll come back in tears to say she's sorry, just like always." He then took Jessica's hand. "But I won't budge, because you're the one

be worried that Steven's harassment might bother me, so he asked, "What did your ex-husband say to you?" Just hearing Steven's name made me

and thinks I should quit 'acting.""I sighed. "He's so full of himself, always thinking that I'm his to control and can never leave

chuckled. "Yeah. When I stopped counting on