The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 689

Steven replied without hesitation, "Does her name even matter?"

Zane replied with an unmistakable hint of amusement, "Consider this my way of repaying you for the tip-off. Her current name is Annalise."

Steven refused to believe it. "Impossible! Annalise is so gentle and honest. She could never have done those things."

Zane said calmly, "The fact that you'd say that just proves you never truly understood her. If you had spent even a little more time with her back when you were together, you would have realized her gentleness depends on whether she could protect herself."

Steven's mind went blank.

others warmly. However, the moment someone tries to

hint of satisfaction in Zane's voice. "Doesn't all of this sound familiar to you? It sounds

didn't know how to

marrying you, she kept making excuses for your coldness and how you treated her. In the end, you cheated on her, and worse, you and your child

the first time, a trace of genuine

she walked away without a second thought. There was no pity and no regrets, just like when she

then you should have realized the person being described was her." Zane continued

immediately cut

think about it: If Annalise isn't my first love, how could I have predicted that the moment she lost her child, she would divorce

I have known the perfect time to offer her a job? You're obsessed with my first love, but you never considered everything that happened between Annalise

Moreover, shortly after Annalise