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."

...

in the living room when Yvonne called her. Surprised, she asked, "Why did

it was obvious enough, "I'm now a comic editor at Huxham Corporation. Guess which visual artist's work I'm

her hand. Knowing that Annalise was Steven's ex, she couldn't help but feel like gossiping with Jessica about it. "Annalise?"

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 provides her with lots of resources." When there was some good news, the first person that came to Yvonne's mind was Jessica. "Jessica, you're good at drawing comics, too,

hunch about what was in

shift a huge part of

Yvonne continued, "If your comic gains popularity, you'll make big money. You'll earn so much more than what Steven could ever

those tempting words. Yvonne was her good friend and knew

that money," Yvonne added. "So even if something happened to Steven, you won't suddenly lose

she found

what happens in

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

for

and power. What

think, Yvonne?"

out who that character is based on,

want anyone

out that Annalise slept with Gibson before,

a fuss so