The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 495

"So?" I scoffed.

Steven stared at me, clearly at a loss for words.

"I don't even care about you anymore. Why would I care about an ex-mother-in-law who just made my life miserable? I hope you get that," I said unhurriedly.

Then, I grabbed Zane's hand. "Let's go grab something to eat."

"Sure," Zane said.

Steven watched me walk away, his voice full of bitterness. "You're going to regret this, Annalise."

"I won't," I said, not even breaking my stride. "I'll never regret it, Steven."

Jessica had been hiding around the corner, watching the whole thing, but the drama she was hoping for never happened. If she posted the video online, it would only draw more support for Annalise.

Without thinking twice, she deleted the video from her phone. She scoffed. She wasn't about to do anything that would help Annalise.

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restaurant. We didn't order much since we weren't big eaters. Once the waiter left, Eric slid into the seat

at Zane. "Mr. Huxham, mind if I

didn't mind. He raised his hand to flag down the waiter and asked

off the shelves. Now, all

revenue shares. I think we should go for it and give them

didn't know much about the whole thing, so I decided to trust the experts.

nodded. "Yeah,

out his phone and reply to the potential distributors, letting

said they'd hurry over to sign the contract. They were afraid that if they missed this wave of hype, they'd lose out on the chance to make

Eric was

even though our comic hasn't officially been published yet, the publisher's already started pre-sales,

known about the pre-sales if he hadn't

just mean they're selling the comic before it's even printed." "Oh." I finally got what he was

pleased with

We've already broken the publisher's record. Each copy's going for 19 dollars, and we've sold 200 thousand copies so

100 thousand copies in total. We hit that in just a couple