The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Zane gazed at me. It seemed like he wanted to say something, but he didn't.

I asked, "Do you have something to tell me?"

Zane questioned casually, "Aren't you jealous?"

"Jealous? Why?" I was confused.

Zane said hesitantly, "If I plan to mentor Sage, I'm going to work very closely with her."

"I trust you, and I trust her, too," I said with determination.

I continued, "Since you've chosen me, I'm sure you won't fall in love with someone else. She doesn't even trust her own family and only trusts herself. That means she won't rely on a man to change her fate. I don't think she will fall in love with you." But when Zane heard my answer, he was a little upset. He grumbled, "But I want to see you get jealous."

I chuckled and played along, saying, "Well, I do feel a little uncomfortable when I see your interactions with other females."

heard that. He

was surprised

and said, "I'll

"Okay."

...

on illustrating my comics. The past few days had been busy, and I wished I could spend all my time in the office doing nothing but illustrating

morning. Just as I lay on the couch, wanting to give myself a break, somebody knocked on the door. Zane had gotten used to having visitors as he worked. Zane said, "Come

arms around my waist and said, "You have no idea how weird Shane is! I thought it

my arm around Sasha's shoulder and tried to soothe her. "What happened?" I

to keep herself calm, Sasha took a deep breath. She said, "A few days ago, he called me and said that my father tried to stand up for me and offended the Winslows in

that if I'm willing to marry him, he will convince his family to continue investing in

repeated what Shane had said, she couldn't help but

continued, "I scolded

obsessed with each other also asked why