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."

started

could!" I added. "I barely have time to catch my breath, let alone do

"She told me everything. Are you

a loss for words with how confident he sounded. I asked, "Fine, what exactly did

to have your team push your

better than yours,

it. How is that not

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

expanded or officially planned to bring in more artists yet, but one of our editors went

there's

Annalise hit Steven like a punch to 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 but blame himself.

the resources you gave Annalise so much better?"

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,"