The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 693

"There's only one set of jewelry, and only one person can get it. When the time comes, I'll just tell them I wanted to buy it, too. But by the time I was ready to pay, someone else had already taken it."

Steven finally let out a sigh of relief. "I can buy you a set of jewelry worth a few hundred thousand dollars."

Chloe considered it. A few hundred thousand dollars of jewelry wasn't much compared to the jadeite set, but it was still decent quality by regular standards.

She nodded. "All right. Transfer the money to me, and I'll pick something out right now."

Steven immediately started the transfer. Once Chloe left, he let out a bitter laugh.

Chloe had never truly cared about him. She didn't care why he was drinking or whether he was well. All that talk earlier was just an attempt to cozy up to him.

Steven suddenly wondered when his mother had become like this. Why was she always comparing herself to others, spending money like it was nothing?

out. It felt like, without

up early the next morning. When I opened my eyes, I found she was already awake but hadn't gotten out of bed yet. She was lying next to me, her big, beautiful eyes

immense joy when waking up and seeing such a cute little girl

up a few minutes ago." She giggled and continued, "I felt so happy when I realized you were by my side. I have a mom

let you sleep a little longer so I didn't

out and pulled Willow into my arms. "My sweet

chatting for a while, we both got up. Willow went to wash up, and I returned

routine. After we finished, we took a quick shower and sat at the

she sat up straight, her expression unusually serious. "Since everyone's here, I

put down my fork and gave her my full

Listen to me first," Willow

also set down their plates and forks while Zane turned to look