The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 656 Steven suddenly realized that these so-called confrontations and

misunderstandings had become more frequent since Jessica entered his life.

More often than not, they started with her coming up to him and bemoaning her sorry encounters. After seeing how miserable she was, Steven couldn't help taking pity on her. She would then tell him quietly who had hurt her, and he would confront the person on her behalf.

Naturally, those he confronted never balked under pressure. They would always give him a harsh talking-to before presenting evidence to show that they had never spoken to her before. In other words, she had falsely accused them.

Steven chuffed at himself as he recalled the times Jessica accused Annalise of being jealous of her. He had sought out Annalise to demand an explanation, only for her to retort him easily. Even now, she had argued and won using cold, hard facts.

Upon combing through the past, Steven realized he had missed out on a lot of details about these past incidents.

When he refused to go through with Jessica's suggestion that he get a vasectomy, she turned to Chloe and forced her to emotionally blackmail him with suicide. He had no choice but to compromise and undergo the vasectomy.

However, Steven harbored resentment toward Jessica and Chloe since. Sensing this, Jessica had offered to get her tubes tied after he had already undergone a vasectomy and removed any chances of him knocking up another woman.

was an idiot for not thinking things through before rushing over to the hospital to stop

much she appeared to care for Zachary and how he wouldn't have the chance to

convince him to take Jessica's side

clouded his judgment, and he hadn't even questioned the cracks in her story, such as

cut ties with Ste

did he stand

so

Jessica to

The answer was nothing.

his forehead. Not only would Zachary gain nothing, but their father-son relationship would be further

vasectomy, she had cut off any chance of him siring other children. He

to leave his fortune