Chapter 511

Zane's phone rang the moment the bedroom door clicked shut. He glanced at the screen to find Steven calling. He stayed expressionless as he answered, "What do you need?" "Put Annalise on the phone. I need to talk to her." Steven sounded in a hurry.

"She's in the middle of putting Willow to bed. I doubt she has time to talk now," Zane replied flatly.

Steven was amused. "If you love Annalise so much, why leave her to handle everything? Look at me I don't love Jessica, but I've got people at her beck and call. Your love for Annalise doesn't seem all that deep." His voice was thick with sarcasm. Zane could hear the mockery, but he didn't feel the need to take the bait.

"Didn't you know that Anna loves kids?" Zane asked. "She only starts her part-time job once Willow heads off to school. But as soon as Willow's home, Anna's all about spending time with her." Steven's expression soured instantly.

Zane continued, "It's exactly because she cares so much about kids that she swallowed her pride when you and Jessica were making things miserable. She chose to bear with it, even when you gave her every reason to walk away.

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Jessica. You even caused her to lose the baby she was carrying. Otherwise, she would have put up with you for Zachary's sake." The words cut into Steven like a knife

way

down his tone. "Anna

than

she still prefers to spend

Willow. Why do you think

is?

might have taken the job for the money, but after spending time with Willow, she had clearly grown attached to Willow. She now considered Willow

however, remained defiant. "She'd do the same if it

other words, Willow wasn't

Zane thought Steven was

didn't call him out. Instead, he asked, "Is that how you see it? But Steven,

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