Before they knew it, darkness took over the sky.

After acting as a driver and mover for the day and giving Roxanne a gift, Lucian naturally stayed back for dinner.

Once they had their fill, he played with the children for a while before taking his leave.

“It’s getting late, so I’ll be going home now. Essie—”

Before he could even finish, Essie declined, “I want to stay with Mommy!”

Lucian threw her a glance before continuing, “I’ll leave Essie with you for the next two days. Tell me if you can’t manage, and I’ll come and pick the children up.”

Archie and Benny’s eyes lit up when they heard Lucian’s words.

Given how smart they were, they caught the most important part of his sentence—he considered them his children.

they couldn’t address him as “Daddy” yet, he had

were ecstatic when the fact

delight upon receiving permission to stay with

Estella’s face gently, Roxanne agreed with a smile. “She’ll

flashed a

anything in particular, Estella would be happy

back to the

in, he was greeted by the glum-looking Sonya sitting on

you

equally solemn expression, Lucian took a seat in the

can’t I drop by?

her the side-eye while maintaining his frosty expression. “Essie’s not here. She’s

like he and Roxanne were a married couple who happened to be

on

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