The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 272

"I have no idea. It doesn't matter anyway." That was my answer to Zane's question. "Zane, he never truly treated me well in the past six years when he and I were together."

I continued, "It was the worst this year. Yet, he claimed he loved me now that I've gotten away from him."

Nonchalantly, I came to the conclusion. "I don't need that kind of love."

Zane nodded. "Indeed. To make it up to someone after hurting them... Well, the right thing to do was to be nice to them from the very beginning."

Indeed. I agreed with him.

Zane took me to have barbeque since I was in a foul mood. He knew I needed to vent my frustrations.

We ordered lots of food with both spicy and non-spicy sauce. I was a little surprised at that.

Noticing my look of surprise, Zane grinned. "I can't handle spicy food, but I can order some less spicy food so we can dig in together."

"I suppose I should say thank you?" I chuckled, amused.

menu to see if I

some of my favorite foods written on the menu. The restaurant offered pulled pork and fish and chips, too, but one look at the price made my heart leap into my throat. They

paid a lot now. So, I could afford the food, but I still felt reluctant to order

of pulled pork and fish

really enough?" Zane

replied without thinking

my mind because he

"That doesn't mean I can spend all your

"Indeed," said Zane thoughtfully.

the menu to the

in his seat in a relaxed manner and

to why he would bring that up so

his

Sur

later stages. But you've made quite a lot of

food served in this restaurant was

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mulled his words over and said, "It's easier to be a spendthrift than to revert to being frugal. What if