The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven) novel Chapter 787

Gary continued seethingly, "Sure enough, she thinks we aren't worth her time after we went broke."

He was unabashedly pinning the blame on Jessica at this point. Upon hearing this, Casper bristled and demanded, "Did you and Mom forget that Jessica and I are divorced?"

Casper had seen the way Gary and Julia looked down their noses at Jessica. He doubted they were kind to her before the divorce, much less after. He snapped, "You understand that Jessica is no longer my wife after the divorce, right? So what made you think she'd give a damn about either of you?

"Did you think she would put up with you and respect you like how she did in the past? That's unreasonable, don't you think so?"

Gary barked, "What's so unreasonable about that? We're her elders, after all!"

"And yet, she doesn't care about that. So what will you do about it?" Casper retorted.

Julia interjected sharply, "Why are you defending her? Have you two reconciled behind our backs?"

"No," Casper said coldly. He remembered the emotional exhaustion he had felt before the divorce.

He knew Jessica loved him and wanted to stay with him, but there was no denying that his parents detested her. He had been caught between the love he had for Jessica and the love his parents had for him.

Jessica had forgiven him and put up with his parents' nonsense. He wasn't oblivious to her silent suffering, either. So, when she suggested that they get a divorce, he agreed to it.

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