The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 190

When Jessica had first heard this rumor from Yvonne, she was utterly shocked.

Hearing Willow call Annalise "Mommy" made Jessica think that Zane was planning to marry Annalise, which unsettled her.

How could Annalise, after leaving Steven, still meet such an outstanding man?

But thankfully, it seemed Zane wasn't interested in Annalise, after all, making Jessica very pleased.

...

"Is there a problem?" I asked as I took a seat across from her.

Jessica propped her chin on her interlaced fingers. "Before you divorced Steven, you were a wealthy woman, after all. Every gift he gave you must've been worth a fortune.

"Even if things went south after the divorce, surely selling just one of those items would've been enough to keep you comfortable. There's no way you'd have to resort to working, right?" It didn't take me long to understand why she had asked me to meet.

She just wanted me to know that Steven treated her better than he ever treated me.

Then, she would compare her life with mine, making herself look smart for making the right choice and living well while portraying me as foolish for ending up as someone's employee. I leaned back in my chair.

"Or are you telling me he never gave you

interest in playing along. "You probably should know that

don't get it. How is it that he's so stingy with you, yet

haven't divorced that long, and he's already gifted me a luxury villa and jewelry worth millions of dollars, maybe even tens

think that he never loved

I nodded. "Exactly."

me to admit it so easily, and she

at her with a

be busy enjoying her romance, not here

indifference, I said, "But what about you? Why did you come all the way here to tell me this?

me guess,"

take it, so I planned my counterattack. "Could it have something to do

shot back without

me because of you? That's ridiculous! Could it be that you haven't gotten over him?" Without giving me a chance to respond, she slammed her

me warn you. Don't go after someone who never belonged to you in the

her purse

me angry, and I even found it

had been wrong, she wouldn't have acted so flustered. But I wasn't