The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 756

Zane nodded. "That's right."

Otis' visit wasn't entirely in vain at the very least, Willow had learned something valuable. Zane was pleased.

Meanwhile, Otis, overhearing their conversation, grew visibly uncomfortable. He quickly tried to explain, "I didn't mean "

But Zane had no interest in listening. After years of navigating the business world, he could tell another person's intentions as soon as they opened their mouth— Otis' excuses were nothing but wasted breath.

Cutting him off, Zane said bluntly, "It's late. My daughter needs to sleep, and you should be on your way."

Otis had to hold back whatever he had been about to say. He stared blankly at Zane for a moment before reluctantly leaving.

Once he was gone, Zane turned to me and asked, "Can you guess why he went through all this trouble?"

I shrugged lightly. "What else could it be? He wanted you to think I'm a terrible person and ruin our relationship."

Zane's tone became colder as he said, "If his goal was to damage our relationship, I might grudgingly call him clever. But the real issue is..."

He paused before continuing, "He's also trying to push Yelena to me. Does he think I'm stupid? Does he think if he repeats himself enough times, I'll believe his words and start fighting with you?"

a small shrug again. "Maybe he does. He

you see my true colors. Yelena would conveniently show up to comfort you. Then, you'd

took a deep breath

seem bothered. "Since he's already gone this far and

There will

looked at him seriously and warned, "You'd

listened intently and nodded solemnly. "Got

grew solemn as he processed

by Steven and Zachary earlier. She couldn't stop thinking about how this started because of Jessica. There was no way

considered confronting Jessica directly but realized it was already late at night-around trip would take at least an hour and a half. It would be too

to call Jessica instead. As soon as Jessica picked up, Chloe began complaining, "I'm under so much pressure

that she barely had time to nurture

her work

saw Chloe's name on

it entirely.

efforts failed? She might need Chloe later, so it was better not to burn her

frustration and asked