The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 70

Chapter 70

Willow buried her face in my arms and hugged me without speaking

I knew that she didn't want to talk, so I didn't probe any further. Instead, I gently patted her back and said, "It's fine if you don't want to talk

"just know that no matter what, Mommy will always be by your side,"

Willow didn't reply to me for a long time after that.

Just when I thought she would remain silent, she made a sound of acknowledgment. Since she was willing to respond, it meant that she was only upset at me temporarily.

If I waited for her to open up, she e would tell me why she didn't want to talk to me soon.

This definitely improved my mood greatly.

Unsurprisingly, Zachary was the last child to leave the kindergarten. However, a newly hired driver picked him up instead of Jessica

this time.

driver, she didn't allow Zachary to leave with him. Thus, she video-called Steven to confirm things with him. Only then, did Holly agree to let Zachary leave with the

since Annalise and Steven divorced, Jessica became his new mother.

classmates getting picked up by their parents. After returning home,

eyes with Jessica's. Then,

ate dinner at school, so you

simply walked past her and went back

least gotten angry when she said that, so why

wanted to provoke him before Steven came back so that Steven would see Zachary

probably think that Zachary was disobedient and stubborn. However, Zachary had completely

outside, Jessica would mock him, and if he retorted, Steven would find out about it... In the end, he would be

situation. However, he sensed that whenever he interacted with Jessica, things would turn

he didn't want

Zachary to come out, the latter didn't

furious, but since she couldn't do anything

quietly sat in a corner and