The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 72

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1 panicked and hurriedly wiped away her tears. "Why are you suddenly apologizing to me?"

Willow hugged me tightly and replied, "I shouldn't have ignored you."

Her voice was soft and lovely.

Meanwhile, I stroked her hair gently and said, "But you're only human, so it's normal to feel upset."

While I spoke, I placed her on my lap. Then, I looked into her eyes and asked seriously, "Can you tell Mommy what Zachary said to you

now!

After hesitating for a while, Willow answered, "He said that you only became my mother because you were angry with him.

"When he forgives you, you'll go back to him and continue being his mother. After that, you'll abandon me."

Willow wasn't a person who knew how to differentiate between lies and the truth. As such, she treated Zachary's words seriously... Since she liked me a lot, she would be very sad if I left her one day.

and didn't

I asked cheerfully, "Is that why you were in a

embarrassed to answer my

about now? Do

thought for a while and said, "Once I saw your sketches, I realized that

didn't love me, you wouldn't have remembered that I like the color

wouldn't have drawn me as a

shyly

knew that I loved

I was like when I lived with them. I wasn't

"Now that I have stopped living that kind of life,

of this valuable opportunity and asked her, "Tell me what you

frowned and

that I shouldn't

pleased. It was difficult for a small child to learn from

gently, "That's

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example, if someone says something bad about me, you have to find out my

both of us can communicate with one another

because you believed Zachary's words even though I didn't do