The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Sasha said without a second thought, "Never."

Madeline asked, "Hmm?"

"When I confessed to him, he repeatedly told me he wasn't interested," Sasha said boldly. "Later, when I became friends with Annalise, he let me work here because of her too."

"Is that so?" Madeline sounded a bit disappointed. "I thought I'd get to witness a dramatic love story!"

Sasha immediately looked around to make sure no one was listening, then said, "You can't ever mention this again. If Zane hears about it, he'll definitely fire me!" Madeline quickly covered her mouth. "I got it!"

...

After buying a drink, I twisted the cap off and handed it to Zane.

Zane gulped it down in several swigs. When the burning sensation in his mouth subsided, he realized something.

Madeline showed subtle signs of having a crush on him earlier, only to lower his guard. In reality, her goal all along was to set him up!

Zane took my hand and said, "Let's go back."

"Okay."

I continued to sketch in the office.

at his desk in

contact with him. She had no grudge against him, so there was no reason for her to try to get

mind, Zane immediately guessed who had been instructing

Sasha, asking her to bring Madeline to his

Zane's words, her heart skipped a

blinked her big eyes, looking pure and innocent. She didn't realize danger was

expression turned serious. "Zane wants us to go

go," Madeline said

pulled her aside and whispered, "Did you forget? We just plotted

he planning to use this chance to get back at

mentally prepared. No matter what he says, we must not show any signs of

Madeline became serious. "Understood!"

...

two of them walked nervously and

took them some time, but they

slowly, "There's a new game project I want to assign to the two of you. I called can u here to ask

handle this responsibility?"

tone was all business, and there wasn't the

Sasha was stunned.

also looked

Zane asked, "Hmm?"