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.

with

new mother. Since then, Jessica

a little upset when he saw his classmates getting picked up by their parents. After returning home, he saw Jessica, who was ordering the chef to cook dinner.

he raised his head and met his eyes with Jessica's. Then, he immediately lowered his head and changed.

dinner at school,

walked past

Jessica a little confused. Previously, Zachary had at least gotten angry when she said that, so why was

him before Steven came back so that Steven would see Zachary quarreling with her

of situation in play, he would probably think that Zachary was disobedient and stubborn. However, Zachary had completely ignored her and spoiled her plans. Since Jessica didn't want to miss this opportunity,

outside. If he went outside, Jessica would mock him, and if he retorted, Steven would find out about it... In

deal with this situation. However, he sensed that whenever he interacted with Jessica, things would turn out badly

such, he didn't want to

kept calling Zachary to come out, the latter

her furious, but since she couldn't do anything about

quietly sat in a