Leaving The Country After Divorce

Chapter 834 Easy To Please

The sky was about to turn dark when Roxanne left the research institute. On the way home, her chest tightened as she thought that Lucian was still lounging around at her place.

However, she returned to find only the three children sitting on the couch and staring at the computer screen. Roxanne scanned the living area, but the man was nowhere to be seen.

“Mommy!” the boys greeted her as soon as they realized she had come home. Roxanne caressed their tiny heads while asking, “Where’s Mr. Farwell?”

“He left a long time ago, but we asked him to let Essie stay so that we could wait for you to come back together,” Benny explained in his squeaky voice.

The woman smiled when she heard that. Then her gaze fell on the little girl standing behind the two boys.

Unlike her usual peppy demeanor, Essie now stood timidly behind Archie and Benny, not even saying hello.

Clearly, she was still bothered by what had happened earlier that day.

Realizing this, Roxanne knelt down and stared straight into the girl’s eyes. “I’m sorry, Essie. I didn’t mean what I said earlier this morning. I just wanted to say that—”

all day, Estella had already

so, seeing the woman in person

Jarvis?” the girl asked slowly

it out; Roxanne didn’t want to be

understand why the woman had driven off despite knowing that

she stay and talk to me instead? She was the first one to come looking for

too much

care of this morning. I won’t make you

merely stared at

be right by your side whenever you

finally lit up, and she leaped into

she watched Estella return to her usual

wouldn’t forgive her, but it turned out she was

felt something warm on her cheek for a

to the girl in