The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 279

"Was it Jessica?" Contempt filled Zane's eyes. "You know you love Annalise, yet one word from Jessica sends you running. Seems like losing Annalise wasn't bad luck. It was inevitable. "Let's be honest, Mr. Pelham. You never deserved a woman like Annalise."

Driving down the street, Steven caught Zane's message out of the corner of his eyes. Furious, he called him immediately.

When Zane picked up, Steven shot back, "Hah! If Annalise knew how cold-blooded you are, you think she'd still like you?" Zane replied coolly, "I wonder."

"Jessica's hurt." Steven gritted his teeth. "It's only natural I'd check on her. Annalise would think I'm being kind!"

Something in Steven's self-righteous tone gave Zane a bad feeling. Back before the divorce, had Steven always abandoned Annalise in the middle of the night to comfort Jessica? Suppressing his disgust, Zane asked, "Did you ever show the same concern when Annalise was hurt?"

"No."

because that's where you belong." Steven felt the sting of every word but could not argue back. Pulling over, he had to

he truly loved Annalise, shouldn't her feelings have mattered more?

In the end, he could

Even when he found out, she

would never let

smallest bump would make her cry in agony. When she made

dawned upon Steven, he could not counter Zane's words. And so, he drove to Jessica's

...

up and approached. Curious, he asked,

ex-husband," Zane

Milton was surprised. "Why?"

dark. "To make sure he knows he's not good enough for her. And to show him exactly what he did wrong in their