The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 441

"But this is about Steven, so I can't let you deal with him alone. I must be there with you, or I won't feel right about it."

When I heard Zane say that, I stopped pushing and quietly headed downstairs.

Steven's car was parked right in front of Huxham Corporation. I watched him from a distance and slowly walked up to him.

Steven got straight to the point. "Annalise, I never said a word about you seeing someone else. Don't you think what you did is crossing the line?"

Suddenly, he couldn't help but feel pathetic, using a reason like that just to get close to Annalise. What was even worse was that just seeing her seemed to pull him out of his funk and back to feeling like a real person. For some reason, that felt oddly comforting, and he liked it.

Steven continued, "She's pregnant. How could you upset her like that?"

I was confused. "Upset her? When did I even get the chance to do that? Steven, I'm not the one you can take your bad mood out on. Maybe I never mentioned this, but I'm totally buried in work. I've got my comic to focus on."

had already started

"I barely have time to catch my breath, let alone do whatever you're accusing me of. You

shot back, "She told me everything. Are you saying she's lying

how confident he sounded. I asked, "Fine, what

using the fact that you're Zane's girlfriend to have your team push your

is better than

is that not on you?"

comic department to see how we could grow the comic publishing company using Anna's work. We need to get that right before we even think

in more artists yet, but one of our editors

the standard resources. So, there's no issue

that. He wondered if she had been through more than he even realized. Steven couldn't help but blame himself. Why hadn't he noticed something

gave Annalise so much

working on one book right now, so it's easier and cheaper to figure out how to run a comic publishing company, create a hit, and sell the merchandise," Zane