The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 184

I reluctantly accepted his explanation. "Alright, then."

Zane let out a light laugh.

...

Steven opened his eyes and immediately noticed the absence of Jessica, who had always been beside him just days ago. His mood lifted at the sudden emptiness.

He got up and walked to Zachary's bedroom door, knocking lightly. "Time to get up! I'll take you to school today."

There was no answer.

Steven casually opened the door, only to find the room empty.

It was then he remembered that Zachary had spent the night at Chloe's house.

Steven made his way to the living room and sat down. It felt like everything had changed since he and Annalise had separated. The house no longer felt warm. Instead, it was cold and distant, the silence more suffocating than comforting.

...

the little girl arrived earlier than usual. When we dropped Willow off, we saw

she ran over to the little

she listened

it was reassuring to see her make a friend. I turned to Zane and said, "Let's go."

found himself at the kindergarten. He leaned against

had moved out of the house, but

living apart for

telling Annalise even accomplish? What if she wanted to get back together with him? And

...

immediately set my laptop down

the game department had already sent me a message. "We've received the four sketches you sent over. We had

it to find it was the

I quickly replied, "Alright."

the game department posters was just a side project, I couldn't let it interfere with my main job. I turned on my computer and got back to sketching the line

the couch and pulled out my phone. Since it was my break time, I decided to check the