Chapter 516

At the sight of Estella throwing herself into Lucian’s arms, Roxanne stopped awkwardly and held back the two boys running behind her.

“Daddy!” Unaware of the change in Roxanne’s mood, Estella tugged ecstatically at Lucian’s sleeve. “Let’s play hide and seek for a while before going home!”

Lowering his head to gaze at Estella, Lucian then shifted his attention to Roxanne with an indiscernible look in his eyes.

When she met his gaze, Roxanne felt a sudden sense of guilt.

 

 

She had just reprimanded the brothers for running wildly with Estella. But now, she was the one doing it instead.

After an awkward silence, Lucian remarked in a deep voice, “It’s getting late. I’ll be taking Essie home now.”

said, “We

had a lot of fun that evening already. After a brief hesitation, she demonstrated

around and waved at Roxanne with a

little girl farewell.

his next words. “Let’s go. We’ll play hide and seek

mention of the game caused Estella to smile so happily that her

of Lucian’s voice caused

disappear into the distance,

next evening, she went to school to pick them up

 

 

Pippa Unable to hear the exchange between them, all she

her in

sight melted Roxanne’s heart as she hurried over to their

“Mommy!”

“Ms. Jarvis!”

children called out to

Roxanne’s attention fell on

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