The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 192

Zane listened patiently as Eric went over the work arrangements.

When Eric finished, Zane spoke up, "You've been doing great at work lately. What reward do you want? A raise, or..."

Eric's smile almost gave him away. "A raise, of course."

After all, no one would say no to more money.

Zane replied calmly, "Alright."

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Zane walked into the office with a doll tucked under his right arm and another doll in his hand. On the other hand, he held his coffee cup.

When he entered, he noticed Sasha was already gone.

"Where is she?" Zane asked in a slightly surprised tone.

playing on my phone. Without looking up, I

up to me and placed the dolls on the

immediately sat up. "That

on the dolls. This time, they were made with more care and closely matched the

specially customized

clicked my tongue in amazement. "Aren't

still didn't know the exact

dolls. Once she's comfortable with that, we'll hide a walkie-talkie inside. When she suddenly hears her grandparents' voices, she'll be shocked. At that moment..." I paused before continuing, "We'll tell her the voices were

Willow recover using the dolls. "Once she's comfortable talking to the dolls, we'll bring her real grandparents to the house, turn off the walkie-talkie, and let them speak to her directly." After explaining, I asked for Zane's opinion. "What do

said. He'd never

need their cooperation, just let me

it," I replied casually. "You might want to set aside some time to prepare the walkie-talkies. At the rate she's progressing, she'll probably be comfortable talking to the dolls within a

details settled, we headed to the kindergarten to

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little girl's parents were running late, and Willow had been patiently keeping her company without a

we left, Willow kept looking back at the little