Chapter 500

“Ms. Jarvis.” Estella spoke, gingerly tugging on Roxanne’s outfit.

Roxanne dropped her gaze and saw the little girl piteously looking at her with her big round eyes. She seemed to be asking why Roxanne was ignoring her.

Roxame was ruffled by her puppy-dog eyes, but she could only return a forced smile.

Lucian noticed her uneasiness with Estella. His brows furrowed, but he quickly hid his emotions and said, “We are counting on your support to make the play a success, Ms. Jarvis. This will be the kids’ first performance, so I hope you can set aside your personal feelings for the benefit of the kids.”

 

 

Roxanne’s expression froze. Her heart was in turmoil, but she put on a nonchalant front. She casually nodded her head and replied, “Don’t worry. I will.”

face, he could see she had pursed her lips and

and exchanged a knowing look with

and clung

for a moment, then replied, “Yes, I’m still busy. But since we promised to take part in the

up when she heard that, joy written all

her heart melted. She could no longer

the way to the classroom, Estella chattered

classroom, Roxanne felt

 

 

in her tracks, turned to Archie and Benny, and asked, “Are we in the

and

and saw that the other parents were giving her a

had met those parents before, so she could not

herself to ignore the unwelcome attention when a lady came up to her and greeted

her boys’ classmates. She had met that lady at the class outing to the botanic garden the last time, although she did not recall talking

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