The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven) novel Chapter 656

Steven suddenly realized that these so-called confrontations and misunderstandings had become more frequent since Jessica entered his life.

More often than not, they started with her coming up to him and bemoaning her sorry encounters. After seeing how miserable she was, Steven couldn't help taking pity on her. She would then tell him quietly who had hurt her, and he would confront the person on her behalf.

Naturally, those he confronted never balked under pressure. They would always give him a harsh talking-to before presenting evidence to show that they had never spoken to her before. In other words, she had falsely accused them.

Steven chuffed at himself as he recalled the times Jessica accused Annalise of being jealous of her. He had sought out Annalise to demand an explanation, only for her to retort him easily. Even now, she had argued and won using cold, hard facts.

Upon combing through the past, Steven realized he had missed out on a lot of details about these past incidents.

When he refused to go through with Jessica's suggestion that he get a vasectomy, she turned to Chloe and forced her to emotionally blackmail him with suicide. He had no choice but to compromise and undergo the vasectomy.

However, Steven harbored resentment toward Jessica and Chloe since. Sensing this, Jessica had offered to get her tubes tied after he had already undergone a vasectomy and removed any chances of him knocking up another woman.

A mirthless chuckle escaped Steven as enlightenment dawned upon him. Zachary was right. He was an idiot for not thinking things through before rushing over to the hospital to stop Jessica from aborting the baby and getting her tubes tied.

He had allowed Jessica the circumstances to pin the blame on Zachary. When Steven saw how much she appeared to care for Zachary and how he wouldn't have the chance to sire any more children, rage filled him.