The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 281

It was another message from Zane. "Since you're so worried about Jessica, her injury must be super serious, right?"

Even Steven was not dense enough to miss the sarcasm. He asked, "What are you getting at?"

Zane replied instantly, "How would you have felt if Annalise kept abandoning you for other men while you were married?" Steven had no answer.

Zane had expected this silence, so he did not mind it. He continued, "You would've been furious, just like Annalise was.

"She believed in your marriage and was sure you'd choose her. But after everything you did, she accepted that Jessica meant more to you. So, she finally gave up on you." Steven's eyes burned as he read each word...

Zane twisted the knife. "I don't know if you'd forgive Annalise for doing what you did, but I know she'll never forgive you. If she did, you'd just put her through it all over again." "That's impossible!" Steven protested.

"Ask yourself honestly..." Zane split his next message in two. "Could you really give up on Jessica?"

Steven did not know.

either. And you'd hurt her even worse." Reading through the messages, Steven latched onto one detail. He became

believe how

clarity, he quickly replied, "Not at all.

mistress would be able to put up with

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"Do you want to get

"Now?" Gavin replied immediately.

She was pregnant and alone. She would be scared. "Tomorrow. The nanny and cook are off

was he with Jessica again? He probed, "Have you realized you actually

did not want any