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."

already started

every minute of my break on it if I could!" I added. "I barely have time to catch my

missing a beat, Steven shot back, "She told

a loss for words with how confident

you're Zane's girlfriend to have your team push your work. Even if

is better than yours,

How is that not on

defending me. "That's not on her. I started the 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 about bringing in other

planned to bring in more artists yet, but one of our

resources. So, there's no issue of targeting her

the gut. In the six years they'd been together, he'd never once stood up for her like that. He wondered if she had been through more than he even realized. Steven couldn't help

you gave Annalise

right now, so it's easier and cheaper to figure out how