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.

sharply, "Why are you defending her? Have you two reconciled behind

emotional exhaustion he had felt

Jessica loved him and wanted to stay with him, but there was no denying that his parents detested her. He had been caught between the love he had for Jessica and the love his parents

He wasn't oblivious to her silent suffering, either. So, when she suggested that

believed Jessica would have a better life without him, but he never imagined the heartbreak that would come from seeing her

was her way of letting me know she wouldn't choose me again. I told you long ago that she could survive without me, but neither of you believed

to hear this. They exchanged 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 for him. But his compromise would

with me. I never forced you to change your mind about her, so please don't expect me to take her for a wife just because you ask