The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Zachary hang his head and said gloomih. "No. After my parents divorced and Jessica successfully took her place, she stopped caring about me

"Every time my dad wasn't home, she would abuse me. Sometimes, my dad would even take her side. He'd become het accomplice and allow her to bully me " Zachary forced a smile. Later, I moved to Grandma Chloe's house and lived with her for a while. But she loves the baby in Jessica's belly more.

"so, I moved out and started living on my own"

Rowenthethroken, and she started to tear up "This Steven, does he have a problem with his brain? He threw his own son aside for the sake of a woman? Zachary added, "Yeah, now he doesn't even give me money for living expenses."

Howena quickly grabbed Zachary and led him to her bedroom "Grandma has money. Let me give you some"

"None" Zachary rejected it immediately. "Before my mom and dad divorced, she saved up a large sum of money for me.

"As long as I don't fall into bad habits, this money will be enough for me to live a carefree life until I'm old"

Rowena sighed. "Your mother tends to think things through carefully when faced with problems, and she abraps leaves room for contingencies. That's a good quality of hers." Otherwise, she couldn't even bear to think about how miserable Zachary's life would be now. Zachary agreed. "Yes"

Rowena continued, "But it's unsate for a child to live alone."

"That's not the case" Zachary quickly explained, afraid on would worry. "The family driver and the tutor live with me. They're both really good to me, so you don't need to worry about

Rowena was still uneasy. "Do you need me to move in with y

"Can you?" Zachary had always felt that it didn't matter much when he was estranged from Steven and Chloe

But with someone he loved living in the same space, he thought he wouldn't feel so sad anymore.

Seeing that hopeful look in his eyes, Rowena gently touched his forehead and smiled. "Of course I can."

"That's great!" Zachary bounced around in Joy

Rowena felt a bittersweet sensation in her heart after seeing how even such a small piece of good news made him so happy.

"How about 1 find an opportunity to ask your mom to come back and have a talk with you?" the suggested.

Zachary's smile froze. "No need Grandma, I don't want her to feel uncomfortable.

The two lile girls held remote control, maneuvering toy cars around the optym first, they occasionally let out exclamations like "Wow!" and "Oh!" in By the end, they were gizling non-stop. Once they got tired of the toy cars, they pulled out a toy plane from the side

After turning it on and getting familiar with the control buttons, they watched as the applane flew into the air...Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Willow's face was full of surprise as she exclaimed to Penelope, "Look, it really flew!"

Penelope walked over and asked, "How does it do that?-

Willow was stumped. Although she was the smartest child in her kindergarten, she had no idea how this worked. She turned to Penelope and asked, "should we go ask Dad?" Willow was worried the airplane might break, so she waited until it landed, then carefully put it away.

She ran downstairs. "Dadly, come here for a minute."

Zane cooperated and followed them upstairs.

Penelope and Willow simultaneously took out the airplanes, and one after the other, they made the planes By

Willow asked, "Tuddy, how does it fly?"

Zane had never studied physics-related subjects in college, so he couldn't explain it in too much detail

He smiled and said, ""1 you really want to know, I can invite a teacher tomorrow and ask the teacher to explain how airplanes work?"

Willow jumped up in joy. "Tut's great! Thank you, Daddy! I love you!"

Penelope was also excited" "Thank you, Mr. Husban!"