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.

are you telling me he never gave you

in playing along. "You probably should know that

it. How is it that he's so stingy

long, and he's already gifted me a luxury villa and jewelry worth millions of dollars, maybe even tens of millions

he never loved you?" Jessica asked

I nodded. "Exactly."

it

her with a

well, she would be busy enjoying her romance, not here trying to get under

the way here to tell me this? Did Steven do something

guess," I

just sit back and take it, so I planned my counterattack. "Could it

shot

completely devoted to me now. Unlike you, do you still believe that Steven would hurt 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 hand on the table and stood

someone who never belonged

grabbed her purse and

reaction didn't make me angry, and I

wouldn't have acted so flustered. But I wasn't about to play the homewrecker and interfere in their

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