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.”

Estella and said,

unwillingness, Estella recognized that she had had a lot of fun that evening already. After a brief hesitation, she demonstrated her

door with Lucian, Estella turned around and waved at Roxanne with a reluctant expression. “Bye, Ms. Jarvis. Bye, Archie,

bid the little girl

down at Estella and surprised everyone with his next words.

of the game caused Estella to smile so happily that her eyes couldn’t

Lucian’s voice caused her

the distance, Roxanne led the boys back into

to pick them

 

 

she saw the three of them standing in front of Pippa Unable to

the children looked at her in unison, their

melted Roxanne’s heart as she hurried over to

“Mommy!”

“Ms. Jarvis!”

called out to her in

pat each, Roxanne’s attention fell on Estella. “Essie, is your

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