The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 339

"Tan't, mom," Steven said, his voice laced with pain.

Seeing that Chloe couldn't offer any viable solutions, he added, "You should go. I need some time to think"

Chloe frowned and scolded him. "You're a grown man! How can you be so heartbroken over a woman

Steven grew more frustrated. "I love her. I don't even know when it started. But the day I realized it, I knew I couldn't live without her."

Chloe sighed. "If you put in enough effort, you'll forget her eventually."

Steven wasn't in the mood to hear more ticism. "I have to work, Men"

În was an obvious attempt to dismiss her. Chloe, understanding her son's willingness to listen, grumbled, "Everything I'm saying is for your own good."

"That's fine. I just need to clear my head now," Steven replied amly

out a few more sharp remarks about his inability to move on,

in his chair and

of abends. When he liked Annalise, no one ever encouraged him to pursue her. But when

an idea suddenly struck him-away to see

starting to gain traction, and his

to her comic and then arrange for her to work directly with him. That would give him

regularly.

investment-less than what Jessica's jewelry cost-he could secure consistent opportunities to sen Annalise under the

time and instructed, "I want you to have our intellectual property team buy the rights to

that Steven was trying to create an opportunity to interact with Annalise, but he didn't interne "I'll pass it on to the intellectual property

perhaps, he wouldn't have endured

in my office, my phone rang

number. Frowning, Janquered,

the Intellectual Property Department at Pelham Group," the

Group was