The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 65

Chapter

65

ed up all of the salary you gave me,

"There's nothing I need to pay for, and there's even less for me to spend on. As such, I basically saved

and 1 can do whatever 1 want with it in the future-I'm not short of money.

Tell your employees to contact another artist instead, "I said.

Though Zane was surprised, he could only nod in agreement. "Alright."

"Besides, I have two jobs now," I added.

I knew what he was thinking-he probably couldn't understand why I didn't treasure the precious opportunity that he gave me.

As such, I explained, "My main priority is to take care of Willow. Even though she was unwilling to speak to people previously, she has started to talk to us now. She also likes to brag to others. "Since her situation is improving greatly, I have to try my best so that she'll recover eventually.

lot of time to draw

that, I said calmly and

other things all at once, I might not be able to do

he fell silent for a while. Then, he said, "I didn't expect you to consider

to work on both of

Inodded. "Yes"

his eyes while he looked at me. "It's all good as long as you've carefully thought about what

spirits were lifted after I got Zane's approval. "Don't worry, I know

time our conversation ended,

todo"

four dishes and a bowl of

over.

placing the tray down, he passed me a bowl of

waste, I asked in confusion, "Will we

smiled gently. "If we can't finish them, we'll have the leftovers boxed

ton of people who kept peeking at us during our meal. I guessed that they were curious because Zane rarely ate at the company's cafeteria, yet he was here today.

sautéd nicely-they were fragrant and delicious. However, there wasn't a lot of seasoning for the vegetables, so their initial

nodded happily while eating, and thought, "If only I

cafeteria card from Zane, I would deposit some money inside it to