The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chloe made up her mind to dangle Steven and Jessica's blossoming relationship before Annalise just to rub salt in her wound. Perhaps then Annalise would give up on her intentions to reconcile with Steven.

Steven lowered his gaze. He had realized too late that Annalise was the only woman he ever loved, and it was impossible for him not to miss her. But to appease Chloe, he forced a bright smile and lied, "Don't worry, I've moved on." "I'm glad to hear that!" Chloe said.

It was 11:00 pm when Gary and Julia arrived at the airport. They called Casper and told him to meet them there.

Casper was surprised, but he did as he was told and headed to the airport. When he saw his parents emerging through the doors of the arrival hall, he frowned and asked, "Mom, Dad, why did you come all of a sudden?

"If you're here to convince me to go back with you, you're wasting your time. I'm done picking up after the company!"

Gary was wordless as he scowled at Casper. As things were, Julia knew it was up to her to break the ice. She said with a smile, "You don't have to worry about the company anymore. We've taken care of the crisis, and we came to tell you that you don't have to go back if you don't want to."

Casper blinked. When did his parents become so amenable?

slowly, "And if you choose to stay here and patch

"Why?" Casper was baffled.

Jessica's child wasn't yours," Gary finally explained. "We

before we got married, right? Why would she...

child was

knew this might happen, but he didn't think his parents would fall for such an obvious lie. "And you just took her word for

grew incensed at

expression, but he knew he and Julia

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I knew each other for a while, and we didn't think she'd lie

breath, Casper pointed out, "You could've come to me for an answer if you

another, feeling awkward. "We thought you might lie to us, given how