The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

I turned to look at her, bewildered. "Is there anything wrong with that?"

"No" The other party seemed rather uneasy, but she mustered her courage in the end and continued, "I just wanted to know what your relationship was with Mr. Huxham... After all, you're the only woman he brought to the company." Just then, I realized that the employees had mistaken me to be Zane's girlfriend.

Although I knew what they wanted me to say, I didn't plan on lying "I'm just here to take care of his daughter."

"Huh? The employers looked at each other in disappointment.

Then, they continued asking, "It your relationship was that simple, why did he bring you to his company?"

"Hetetches his daughter from kindergarten every day," I replied calmly. "Since she has taken a liking to me recently, he didn't want to waste time sending me home. So, he had no choice but to bring me here."

The employees looked at each other. Evidently, none of them believed me.

In the end, they noticed that something was amiss. "But there are so many offices in the company, so why did he ask you to wait for

him in his office room?"

They tried their best to find out Zane's relationship status.

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But I chuckled gently. "It's probably because I'm not working for your company."

To stop them from everthinking, I added, "If he really liked me, he wouldn't have brought me here before our relationship became

official

"Because, what if I fell in love with another man from his company? He wouldn't be able to date me, then."

It seemed that my words bad persuaded them, as they all nodded in agreement.

"That's not right! Meanwhile, a another person found a loophole in my argument. "There's no man who is better than Mr. Huxham in this world!"

Objectively speaking, Zane was pretty impressive. Besides possessing such handsome features, he was also a very gentle person, though he appeared to be very aloof at work. He was also rather rich Therefore, those young employees believed that he was the best man in the world.

I explained, "Are all good men a suitable match for me?"

Everyone was stumped by my question.

Yet, they also realized that Zane and I were purely working with one another and had no feelings for each other.

When the lift doors opened, they walked out of the lift and stared at me until the doors closed again.

After arriving at the office, I sat down and started to color my sketches

Since Willow loved the color pink, I colored her dresses pink in my drawings. Once I filled in the background colors, I started to focus on the details.

It took me the entire afternoon to finish coloring

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When I looked at my drawings, I was pleased. However, just as I logged into my account and prepared to post it, I suddenly realized that I hadn't asked Willow for her opinion yet. Thus, I decided to show her my sketches after she got home from school

If she was satisfied with it, I would post it online unmediately. But if she were to have some concerns regarding the sketches, I'd amend it.

Then, I checked the time and realized it was 5:30pm.

I cleared the desk and packed my bag

"Annalise." I heard Zane's voice the moment I carried my backpack

After turning back, I noticed him standing at the door. He looked like he just ran, for he seemed to be panting and out of breath Chapter 6

Sweat dotted his forehead.

I asked, "Why are you so anxious? Are you looking for something?"

"No." Zane's breathing became steady again, and he replied calmly, "I was afraid I'd be late."