The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 72

Clupter 72

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

asked cheerfully, "Is that why you were in

was too embarrassed to answer

laughed. "What about now? Do you know the truth

while and said, "Once I saw your sketches, I realized that you probably

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

as a

shyly while she

Since she knew that I loved her, I

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

so I continued, "Now that I have stopped

and asked her, "Tell me what you learned from this incident,

thinking about it, Willow frowned and answered tentatively,

learned that I shouldn't believe everything that other

difficult for a small child to learn from

answered gently,

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to find out my point of view even

with one another and have a clearer understanding of the

me because you believed Zachary's words even though I didn't do anything wrong, like what happened