The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 465

Zachary thought his grandmother cooked as well as his mother did. The food was delicious.

He smiled to himself.

Even though Zachary had made a mistake by going down the wrong path, he was lucky that he still had his family by his side-even if that meant his biological parents had left him.

When Steven got up, he looked at the time and felt the space beside him on the bed. Steven realized that the other side of the bed was cold.

He wondered if Annalise had already gotten out of bed. Steven got up and went to the kitchen. He asked impatiently, "Annalise, are you done cooking?"

But there was nobody in the kitchen. At that moment, Steven finally remembered that they had divorced.

Steven stumbled back to the dining table and plopped into his seat. Overwhelmed with frustration, he buried his head into his hands. Steven wondered why he kept forgetting that they had divorced.

of the time when he was still with Annalise. Because of that, he couldn't distinguish between

to Annalise with a bad attitude like he had just moments ago. Had he been treating Annalise that way the entire time

void in him. He couldn't understand why he just

...

breakfast, Zane and I

the car, Willow leaned on me and whispered, "Mommy. Lately, I've

her, I

because they were curious, One of the kids was worried that if was surrounded by other kids now, I would

came to me and said the other kids only liked me temporarily. She said they will stop hanging out with me

and

"And so, I asked her what that meant. She told me not to cry when that happens. I told her I didn't know you were

an adult, I interpreted Willow's words in that the other child was being hostile toward Willow. However, Willow misunderstood

been very carefree. She never noticed the negative emotions behind other people's intentional provocations. If I pointed this out, Willow may

at me and then at Zane. She said, "Mommy, Daddy, you both look very serious. What's on your