The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven) novel Chapter 289

I smiled politely. “I forgot to ask, but was their a reason you specifically called me 

Chloe anwered my question with me of her own. “heard that you no longer like Steven?”. 

Trepied calms, Tes” 

Chloe slammed he handen the table and stood up, asking anguily, “What right do you have to look down on 

“Ton’t it obvious“” I replied unhurriedly. “You’ve messed all the things he’s done to me, I don’t recall any one incident that would prompt me to continue liking him. Do you?” 

The moment the word were out of my mouth, 1 pt up to leave. 

The anger borming in Chloe’s got disappeared in an instant. 

Upon seeing I was about leave, she called out hurriedly, her voice pitching higher and higher as she spoke, “Even if what he’s done was indeed wrong, you can’t just give up on him so 

| looked back at her, asking, “is six years a short time?” 

How many times could one go through so years of life in a single Wifetime” 

Chine replied south, “It isn’t, yet you still stuck with him for so long. So, who knows you weren’t already seeing someone else..” 

From the looks at it, she was planning to throw me under the bus. 

Noticing that there were many people long our way from the couner of | my eye, I saidcalmly, “You can certainly afford to be louder.” 

Chloe assumed that I was scared, and she said smugly, “If you didn’t do anything wrong, would you be afraid of others overhearing our discussion? 

She acted all self–righteously, as if I really had done something wrong 

Still calm, I replied. “Then, go ahead and say your piece. Once you’re done, it’ll be my run to reveal everything Steven has done.” 

As I spoke, Lieturned to my seat on the coffeehouse’s couch. 

At that point the reputation of his company will be damaged, and the company share prices will fall, which means you’ll hardly be able to enjoy life as you have up I casually set my elbow on the table, then gently propped my check on it. “Didn’t you have a lot to say? Why aren’t you saying anything anymore?” Chloe abruptly realized that I was right, and her entire expression darkened in an instant. I knew that she no longer dared to say anything. Wiping the smile from my expression, Isat,” you have the time to seek me out, why not give Steven and Jessica some good advice instead? See if you can’t help t conds and return to how they were before.““” 

cill now, either.” 

them resolve their 

uld be for the best of the two of them could love and cherish each other even as they waited for their child to be born, and it would also be for the best if Steven ended up loving that child 

That way, when I told Steven that the child’s biological father wasn’t him after the child was born, his expression would definitely be a sight to see 

Chloe stayed frozen on the spot for a long time in the end, the shot me a vehement glaze before leaving 

I called after her in demander, “I didn’t drink a single sip of the coffee, so remember to pay the bill.” 

As I spoke, I followed behind, and only once we pay did I walk toward the exi 

When I saw Zane standing there, I unmediately approached him, asking, “Why are you here?” 

“came to offer you support,” he replied, one hand tucked into the pocket of his suit 

He peterially didn’t like to speak, which generally made him come off as aloof, mature, and restrained. All in all, very attractive. 

I strangely found it rather amusing. “Tmalready an adult, you know?” 

But the people you used to be surrounded with weren’t good folk,” he replied, his cold voice carrying a different sort of charm. “I’m afraid of them bullying you 

Before I ret Zane and Willow, everyone had told me that when encountering a problem, I should first look at the issues within myself. Due to this, whenever I met bad people, I would always question whether it was something I had done wrong that had attracted these sorts of people to me 

I would then think about how I could go about routing the problem 

Alien meng Zane and Willow, they told me that sometimes, it was precisely because I was too nice that others would bully me. Therefore, I didn’t need to be afraid, because I hadn’t done 

anything wrong 

They would protect m 

Feeling indescribably moved, sed my head to look at the scenery in the distance as I said, “Thank you, Zine.” 

Zane replied cairely, “You’re welcome ”