The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 85

Chapter 85

I shook my head. "Not yet."

cht up with work and didn't notice the time. I'll make it up to you right now. What do you

Zane apologized at once. "Sorry, I got caught

want for lunch? My treat!"

I did not refuse his offer and suggested, "We could go to the diner on the second floor."

"Don't scrimp on my account." Zane knew Annalise hardly ate within the building and was unlikely to know any good lunch spots, so he brought her to a nearby restaurant.

A waiter came up to our table after we took our seats and handed us a couple of menus. Zane ordered a few signatures and said. congenially, "The food here is different from the one you'd get at the cafeteria. Give it a shot."

"All right," I said with a nod. If the food was as good as Zane said, I would bring Willow here after getting my next paycheck

asked, "Are you

him. "Why the sudden

do plan on seeing anyone romantically..." He seemed to choose his next words carefully. "Willow would have to stop calling you 'Mommy',

didn't agree with him. "True, but don't worry. I don't plan on dating anyone for the time being " Relief flickered across Zane's face.

But i

brought up the topic because he wanted to look for a girlfriend. I probed tentatively, "If you think Willow calling me 'Mommy' will get

blood-related and that I had no right to make such requests, but I liked the little girl too much. "You could let me

quiet for a long time before

a

me a meaningful

after. The flavors were sumptuous, though a little on the hotter side. It was a shame that Willow's poor gut health

Zane, "What's the

shook his head.

of restaurants around. Surely there had to be

website where my comic was published. The comic wasn't gaining much reads, though that was probably because it was the first story of the

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