Chapter 44
Nobody could tell Jessica loved Zachary from how she treated him. Jessica was wide awake after hearing Steven’s words. Her eyes watered at him as she asked, “Are you blaming me for falling asleep?”
“No.” Steven seldom had a good temper like this. Jessica could tell he genuinely wasn’t blaming her and sighed in relief.
That was when Steven cut to the chase. “But—”
Jessica’s heart raced at once
“You don’t seem to care about Zachary at all,” Steven calmly finished.
Jessica was quick to add, “I don’t know why either, but my pregnancy symptoms are intense. I just felt so tired and needed to sleep right after you left.”
Despite her reasons, Steven still gave her a condescending stare. “But you still haven’t asked about Zachary even now that we’ve returned.”
It was only after hearing him say so that Jessica realized she had made a grave mistake. Jessica had successfully kicked Annalise out of the picture and took the latter’s place.
However, she now realized Zachary was still the most important thing in Steven’s heart. Jessica shouldn’t have neglected Zachary from the start. At the very least, she should have treated Zachary better around Steven.
Jessica inhaled deeply. The main problem at hand was she needed to appease Steven. So, she said, “I’m sorry. I just woke up, so everything’s still a blur-”
While saying that, Jessica cried at will and allowed her teardrops to fall to the ground. “I’m so sorry for forgetting to ask about Zachary
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Steven softened when he saw the former crying. “Make sure to treat Zachary better from now on, okay? Zachary sees you as his biological mom, so you shouldn’t disappoint him.”
He then hugged Jessica, who answered, “Okay.”
Just then, Jessica shot the briefest taunting sneer at Zachary. Although she had agreed, it wasn’t like anyone would know how she treated Zachary whenever Steven wasn’t around.
Zane had long gotten changed into fresh clothes and was ready to head out, “Don’t you.
“I wanted to let Mommy sleep in a little longer, “Willow answered matter–of–factly. That rendered Zane speechless, and he felt like he shouldn’t have bothered asking her that.
I opened the door and immediately overbeard Zane and Willow’s conversation. With a smile, I greeted Willow, “Good morning, Willow.
Willow no longer paid attention to Zane after she heard my voice. She ran straight to me instead. I squatted down and reached both arms out, and Willow leaped into my embrace.
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