The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 117

I opened WhatsApp after hearing that.

With his voice still hushed, Eric told me, "Don't ever let Mr. Huxham see this."

"Don't worry," I told him without even giving it a second thought. "He won't check my phone."

Eric had achieved his goal. With my reassurance that Zane wouldn't find out about the gossip group chat, he finally heaved a sigh of relief and left the office to carry on with his work. I, too, continued my draft.

Just then, a notification from my phone jerked me back from my work. I picked up my phone from the table to see that it was a message from Yvonne.

Her message read, "Who are you?"

Only then did I realize that I hadn't properly introduced myself.

So, I replied, "I'm the author of 'Days with My Daughter.""

She replied soon enough, "I have a lot on my plate these days. I need a few days before I have the time to go through your work. You'll have to wait for a bit."

I had my full attention on my draft of the comic these days, so I didn't have the time to think about anything else anyway.

I responded to her message with, "No worries. There's no need to rush."

...

when Yvonne called her. Surprised, she asked,

"I'm now a comic editor at Huxham Corporation. Guess which visual artist's work I'm in

was Steven's

right! It's her!" Yvonne confirmed. "I read her work before. It was more of the heart-warming type. It won't be easy to become popular with that genre, but the company

about what was in Yvonne's mind. "What is it?" she

under me, I'll shift a huge part

so Yvonne continued, "If your comic gains popularity, you'll make big

was her

added. "So even if something happened to Steven,

she found

happens in

to me that a comic like that is no fun. What if I start a comic based on my very own experience?

for

and power. What do

think, Yvonne?"

when the readers find out who that

didn't want anyone else

that Annalise slept with Gibson before, but

a fuss so that