Chapter 89

Yet, Jessica had offered to get Zachary a gaming console. She was probably hoping he would get addicted to gaming so that he would look bad in front of Steven, who would then stop loving him! Zachary was about to speak his mind when he saw the expectant gleam in Steven's eyes. He changed his mind and nodded. "She did well." "Really?" Steven caressed Zachary's face affectionately. "Since you like Mommy Jessie, the four of us will live together as a happy family from now on." Jessica might be able to keep up the kind-and-affectionate stepmother act in front of Steven now, but what about in the long run? Zachary was afraid that she would pick on him in the future. As such, he kept quiet and did not give Steven a response. … Upon getting home, Willow set her backpack down and bounded up to me. She recounted excitedly while gesturing, "Zachary apologized to me in front of the class today!" I feigned surprise. "Really?" She nodded solemnly. "Yes! I'm really happy about it." She the