The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Zane quickened his pace after hearing the news.

Although Eric was very interested in what would happen next, he also understood that this was something between Zane and Annalise.

It would be a little inappropriate for him to eavesdrop. So he held back his curiosity and returned to his office.

...

Zane pushed open the office door and walked up to me. "Are you feeling okay now?"

"I'm fine." I looked at him, puzzled. "Why?"

Zane looked concerned as he took my hand. "I heard from Eric that someone's been insulting you?

"I was worried that you might feel upset..."

"Oh, you're talking about this." I chuckled and said, "It's nothing. It was just Jessica trying to stir things up.

"After I handled it, I made sure to drag her down with me. Now, more people are criticizing her than criticizing me."

Zane finally relaxed. "So, you're not angry?"

I answered, "At this point, being angry won't solve anything. It's better to take this opportunity to think about how to flip this crisis."

I handed my phone to

was unaffected, Zane took the

in surprise, "Can you tell me how you

precisely as they had happened. "It seems like people are particularly interested in topics like cheating and

implied that I was the mistress. They all thought I was on

presented the evidence proving

many people paying attention to this issue, there were even more who

my explanation, I patted

down next

over my shoulder, and his cold voice was full

said, "Anna, with

no matter what

you pursue, you

always succeed."

"People always have to keep growing.

once your emotions

and you look back,

make things hard for you. So the best way is to

moment it arises."

and looked at Zane. "Otherwise, how would you

Zane chuckled. "Very true."