The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 461

Maybe the night was too quiet, so Jessica's voice felt unusually soft. For once, Steven seemed genuinely moved.

"Don't worry. Even if Annalise and I get back together, I won't neglect you and the child," he said.

Jessica almost rolled her eyes. If Steven really cared about her and the child, how could she be with Zane?

However, she kept her thoughts to herself and said, "If it comes to that and you're still involved with me, Annalise won't be happy. For the sake of your future together, maybe it's best if we keep our distance." Steven didn't want to abandon his child. "What about the child?" he asked.

Jessica nearly said the child wasn't his, but she caught herself and swallowed the words just in time.

She replied, "You can visit the child occasionally if you want."

Upon hearing Steven's lack of response, Jessica added, "But honestly, it might be better if you don't. Otherwise, Annalise might get jealous. She'll start wondering if you still care about me."

Steven didn't respond immediately. Instead, he murmured, "Give me some time to think this through."

she could invest in her comic. If it did well, she'd make a nice profit. Even if the comic

up the phone, Jessica leaned back on the couch and

office to look for you every day. You

thought. Jessica hadn't even broken up with Steven yet, but she was already

when she sensed things were going south, making sure that

laughed at himself, realizing how seriously he had cared

years they were together, Jessica got everything she

in the

and treated her like a

ever calculated what she could gain. She would stay as long as she

help

stared silently at their chat window, a

bothered about the lack of reply from

value herself enough. She already