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."

phone to Zane.

was unaffected, Zane

he asked in surprise, "Can you tell me how

seems like people are particularly interested in topics like cheating and

readers, so she implied that I was the mistress. They all thought I was on

I presented the evidence proving my innocence, they

opportunity to get them to buy merchandise. With so many people paying attention to this issue, there were even more who wronged me. "Even if only one-tenth or one-hundredth of them bought, it was

explanation, I patted the

sat down next

my shoulder, and

he said,

matter what you do

you

always succeed."

keep growing. You can't get

once your emotions

you look back,

will still make things hard for you. So

moment it arises."

head and looked at Zane.

Zane chuckled. "Very true."