The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 787

Gary continued seethingly, "Sure enough, she thinks we aren't worth her time after we went broke."

He was unabashedly pinning the blame on Jessica at this point. Upon hearing this, Casper bristled and demanded, "Did you and Mom forget that Jessica and I are divorced?"

Casper had seen the way Gary and Julia looked down their noses at Jessica. He doubted they were kind to her before the divorce, much less after. He snapped, "You understand that Jessica is no longer my wife after the divorce, right? So what made you think she'd give a damn about either of you?

"Did you think she would put up with you and respect you like how she did in the past? That's unreasonable, don't you think so?"

Gary barked, "What's so unreasonable about that? We're her elders, after all!"

"And yet, she doesn't care about that. So what will you do about it?" Casper retorted.

you defending her? Have

He remembered the emotional exhaustion he

his parents detested her. He had

her silent suffering, either. So, when she

never imagined the heartbreak that would come

returned to the country, which was her way of letting me know she wouldn't choose me again. I told you long ago that she

a long look before Julia asked, "Now that Jessica doesn't want you

parents' matchmaking if he hadn't met Jessica and married the woman they picked

forced you to change your mind about her, so please don't expect me to take her for a wife just because