The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven) novel Chapter 272

"I have no idea. It doesn't matter anyway." That was my answer to Zane's question. "Zane, he never truly treated me well in the past six years when he and I were together."

I continued, "It was the worst this year. Yet, he claimed he loved me now that I've gotten away from him."

Nonchalantly, I came to the conclusion. "I don't need that kind of love."

Zane nodded. "Indeed. To make it up to someone after hurting them… Well, the right thing to do was to be nice to them from the very beginning."

Indeed. I agreed with him.

Zane took me to have barbeque since I was in a foul mood. He knew I needed to vent my frustrations.

We ordered lots of food with both spicy and non-spicy sauce. I was a little surprised at that.

Noticing my look of surprise, Zane grinned. "I can't handle spicy food, but I can order some less spicy food so we can dig in together."

"I suppose I should say thank you?" I chuckled, amused.

"You're welcome," he said, passing me the menu to see if I wanted to order more food.

I saw some of my favorite foods written on the menu. The restaurant offered pulled pork and fish and chips, too, but one look at the price made my heart leap into my throat.

They cost 40 dollars. The thing was, the portion wasn't even huge.

I got paid a lot now. So, I could afford the food, but I still felt reluctant to order more.

Eventually, with my jaw clenched, I ordered another serving of pulled pork and fish and chips. After that, I handed Zane the menu.

"Is that really enough?" Zane asked, stoic.

"Yes!" I replied without thinking twice.