The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Plenty of beautiful women had tried to win him over before. Zane dropped those words and drove off, leaving Yelena behind. Anger boiled inside her as she watched the car disappear, and she stomped her foot hard.

Turning to Otis, she demanded, "Dad! What now? I did exactly what you told me, but Zane refused to help!"

Otis had a headache of his own. He hadn't expected there to be surveillance cameras inside, let alone that they'd recorded everything.

Shaking his head, he said, "I don't know either. We'll need to find someone to help us."

"Who?" Yelena asked.

"Jessica." Otis didn't bother explaining. He called Jessica right away and brought her up to speed.

Then, he said, "The plan was a bust. Zane saw right through it."

"Well, obviously. Did you really think he was dumb enough to fall for something that childish?" Jessica said, sounding incredulous.

the time for sarcasm. You know Zane better

what to do next. Otherwise, all

reason Jessica bothered dealing with these idiots was

Huxham Corporation, don't

and two together. "Oh, right! How could I forget? Alright, I'll bring Yelena

smart. Zane has no patience for

and asked, "Any chance you can get smarter in

supposed to mean? I'm smart enough,

look. "I'm afraid even if I handed you the perfect opportunity, you wouldn't

offend

when Otis realized Yelena had no clue how

had nothing, she quietly saved up her bonuses, tutored people on the side, and used every cent she earned to start her own business,"

business? Please. Every trust-fund kid I know wants to, but their families do whatever it takes to stop them, afraid they'll waste

isn't anything like you or your spoiled friends. Every small company she's started is still running