The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 211

Gavin asked, "And then?"

"I asked her if she thought I loved her." Steven was truly confused. He believed he loved Annalise, yet everyone around him, including Annalise, seemed to think he loved Jessica. Gavin, clearly annoyed, responded, "She probably said you loved her."

He hated Annalise and instinctively assumed she would do something he found detestable.

"No." Steven's eyes were distant. "She said I loved Jessica."

Gavin couldn't believe his own ears.

Steven asked, "Am I really that bad of a husband? Six years together, and I never made her feel my love."

The room fell silent. Everyone exchanged looks, unsure of how to respond. Objectively, it was clear that Steven had been at fault. But as his friends, they instinctively sided with him.

As everyone struggled to find the right words, Gavin seemed to have made up his mind on how to comfort Steven. "Honestly, I'd say it's Annalise's fault. She knew you loved Jessica, yet she still married you."

Unsure whether it was the alcohol or guilt, Steven's voice trembled as he said, "Actually, before we got married, she didn't know I was still in love with someone else. She always thought I loved her.

up excuses and created problems on purpose to push her away. But

and more

must have been. The young lady, freshly graduated and full of dreams about love, resolutely left behind everything familiar to be with the love of her life. She gave selflessly to

the first time, Gavin felt

respond. He

in one go.

another drink and downed

he was heavily

QUMS

matter

untikhe was heavily intoxicated.

sprawl on the couch like a broken man, Gavin called

Jessica

honestly. "Can

I should go. You'll

to the beeping sound on the phone, he looked at