The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 246

Steven glanced at the text message-it was a statement of Jessica's expenses. He didn't know what she bought, but the charge was over 200 thousand dollars. Steven turned off his screen.

It was Annalise who had been with him during tough times. She had never squandered his money or bought anything extravagant. In contrast, Jessica was only with him after he became wealthy, yet she spent lavishly every day. Steven looked away, thinking he ought to set aside some time to properly figure out what led to the vast contrast in his emotions when interacting with Annalise and Jessica.

After that, he needed to carefully consider the consequences of losing each of them to see if he could take it before making a decision.

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By the time Zane brought the old couple to the villa, Willow was already done with her workout. Though she was panting heavily, she seemed very happy.

Her eyes sparkled as she turned to look at Penelope.

Penelope's eyes were full of admiration. "You can run that far? That's amazing!"

Willow raised her chin, looking very proud.

When Zane saw her, he said, "Your grandpa and grandma are here!"

Putting aside his pride, Milton jogged over to Willow and asked, "Did you miss me?"

from the grass and nodded

her as well. "What about

continued to

trio before

is Willow's friend

warmly before leading

immediately understood my thoughts and said to Suzy, "Let's head to

kids, Suzy naturally wasn't worried and followed

a smile, I

asking, "What would you like to

"Plain

you over is to discuss something," I began

a glass of water, Zane handed it to Suzy, who quickly thanked

then sat beside me and said, "What we currently want to try is using

to custom-make a cotton doll that looks like Penelope and have Willow start by talking to

the doll, we'll place a walkie-talkie inside it. If you're willing to help us, we'll give the other walkie-talkie to Penelope. This

finished, I

hesitation, "You two have helped me so much, so it's only right that I help you. Besides, this would also be good for Penelope." Nonetheless, she didn't dare to agree immediately. "How about I talk to Penelope about it first? And if she agrees