The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 166

"That's good." Steven liked their current interaction of keeping a distance between them. "I still have some work to handle. You can go back now."

Jessica placed the gift box into the bag, unable to hide her joy. "Okay."

Steven watched Jessica's retreating figure, and his frown deepened.

Wasn't it said that you only spent money on someone you like? He had spent so much money on Jessica. Logically, that should mean he liked her, right? But he couldn't bring himself to be intimate with her. Steven fiddled with the diamond ring in his hand.

He couldn't understand why.

...

After lunch, Sasha had already woken up when I returned to the office.

While eating before, I had already thought about how to depict today's events in the comic and how to maintain the storyline while also adding some fun elements to make it more interesting.

So, after sitting back on the couch, I planned to continue drawing.

"Don't work just yet." Sasha wrapped her arms around mine, her body almost pressed against mine. "Talk to me for a while." Her voice was soft and sweet.

look at her and asked, "What

serious. "Didn't you suggest that I should focus on

I nodded.

think what you said makes sense, but I don't know what I should do." She put on a

"Why not think about what you're

There

one thing you like the

Sasha fell silent.

there one that you simply can't let go of? One that you can't abandon?" Sasha hesitated

"Then,

stared at me long before

through the documents, but his attention was constantly on Annalise in the

and Annalise in

with Sasha's arrival, she would find reasons to talk to Annalise, and Annalise no longer had

a way

was

insisted on coming with us. But halfway

end, she