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.

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 driver. Then, Zachary sat in the backseat

new mother. Since then, Jessica

told himself that he was a big kid now and he had to get used to being away from his parents, he felt a little upset when he saw his classmates getting

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

probably ate dinner at school, so you don't

and simply walked past her and

made Jessica a little confused. Previously, Zachary had at least gotten angry when she

wanted to provoke him before Steven came back so that Steven would see Zachary quarreling with her the moment he

come back to that sort 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,

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

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

didn't want to

kept calling Zachary to come out, the latter

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

the same time, Cody quietly sat in a