Leaving The Country After Divorce

She must’ve stood here alone six years ago. What could she be thinking of? Was she blaming me?

He slowly approached her, his eyes revealing the guilt and affection that had been building up inside of him for the past six years.

Roxanne turned over her shoulder to realize that there was someone standing beside her. She was suddenly transported back in time, and the man’s presence filled the void that had been left in her life.

“A penny for your thoughts.” Lucian suddenly spoke when he noticed the change in her expression.

Roxanne snapped out of her reverie and flashed a nonchalant smile. “It’s nothing. The ocean looks somewhat different today, that’s all.”

That would explain why she felt different when she had been here before.

Lucian looked at her silently before suddenly reaching out to pull her into his arms.

Behind him, the children were taken aback.

how they had interrupted the adults’ hug previously and promptly covered their eyes with their hands, but their lips curled

himself from peeking

several seconds later and tried to push Lucian away. “The kids are

nape of her neck and mumbled, “They

about to protest when the kids’ adorable

we didn’t see

slowly scanned the row of children and saw that they had all covered their eyes with their hands. They were standing

now but had seen

see a thing,” Lucian assured her, feigning nonchalance and

Roxanne relaxed and allowed him to hug her. “What is it? Hurry, spill. The

overwhelmed with a mix of

why he had

it was because he felt guilty, or perhaps he just couldn’t

“Can you promise

help but feel captivated by Roxanne’s alluring appearance in the ocean-blue dress. He couldn’t shake off the guilt he felt for what happened six

understood the underlying meaning of