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.”

her lips and looked indifferent. Very

gaze and exchanged a knowing look

girl got the hint, moved over, and clung

a moment, then replied, “Yes, I’m still busy. But since we promised to take part in the anniversary celebration, I’ll make time

up when she heard that, joy written all over

and her heart melted. She could no longer behave coldly toward the

the classroom, Estella chattered

into the classroom, Roxanne felt all eyes were

 

 

Roxanne stopped in her tracks, turned to Archie

their heads and said,

nodded, then looked up and saw that the other

she could not understand the

Jarvis.” Roxanne was trying to convince herself to ignore the unwelcome attention when a

mother of one of her boys’ classmates. She had met that lady at the class outing to the botanic garden

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