The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

"What's wrong? Do you think she's vulnerable just because she has no one to back her up?" Zane questioned.

Steven quickly responded, "No."

Zane said with a disgusted tone, "It better not be."

He then hung up the phone.

...

I heard Zane's voice and slowly approached him. "Was that Steven on the phone just now?"

Zane had no intention of hiding anything from me. "Yes, after Jessica failed to stir up trouble and got criticized, she probably wasn't happy, so she called him to complain. He believed her."

He wrapped his arm around my waist as he spoke and pulled me to sit on his lap. "He just wants to stand up for Jessica."

I said, disgusted, "Are those two out of their minds?"

"Yeah." Zane gently stroked the back of my hand.

"I don't understand. He always protects Jessica, so where does he get the face to say he loves you?"

I scoffed and said, "I actually think he has no feelings for me. He's probably saying this to soften me and have me serve Jessica during her postpartum recovery." Zane asked, "Is he that outrageous?"

"Pretty much," I answered calmly. "At the time, I had just had a miscarriage and hadn't even been discharged from the hospital, yet he brought Jessica back home. "They even took the master bedroom that was supposed to be mine and had me sleeping in the guest room."

stupidity. "This is the first time I've seen such an outrageous

remark, he continued, "By the way, about Jessica frequently causing

to stir up trouble online, I'll just treat it

look at my work, and my merchandise sales will increase as a result. "This is a good

cupped Zane's face in my hands. "As for the nonsense she's saying,

my waist with his large hands. "Good. But if you

on Zane's shoulder, suddenly

faced similar situations when I was with Steven. But back then, no one cared whether I

time, I always felt like

was

of steel. No matter

ent belongs

them on my own.

But now, I

somead someone who would

harm I've been through someone who cared...

would face

belongs to en.kikiston

moment that I suddenly realized

hugged Zane tightly. My heart seemed to

waist and asked, "It's noon. Would you like to go