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.

had been dreaming a lot. He often dreamed of the time when he was still with Annalise. Because of that, he couldn't distinguish between dreams

empty kitchen again. He regretfully wondered if he had spoken to Annalise with a bad attitude like he had just moments ago. Had he been treating Annalise that way the entire time he was

felt like there was a void in him. He couldn't understand why he just couldn't treat Annalise

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I sent

and whispered, "Mommy. Lately, I've been happy every

my arms around her, I asked, "Why

said, "When the other kids saw that I could speak, they all came to talk to me because they were curious, One of the kids was worried that if was surrounded by other kids

the other kids only liked me temporarily. She said they will stop

lay down and

me not to cry when that happens. I told her I didn't know you were worried that I would be sad, and you must care a lot about me. But after I thanked her, she blushed and

heard Willow's words, I shot Zane a confused look. As an adult, I interpreted Willow's words in that the other

people's intentional provocations. If I pointed this out, Willow may be sad to learn about their hostility. After a flurry of thoughts, I decided not to address

me and then at Zane. She said, "Mommy, Daddy, you both look very