Leaving The Country After Divorce

Upon seeing that Roxanne was still in a daze, Lucian couldn’t resist lifting his hand and caressing her face.

“You…”

Roxanne was stupefied for several seconds before she belatedly snapped back to her senses. Mild embarrassment showed in her eyes.

While the man had sneaked up on her countless times when they were in Miralaea, she could more or less postulate the reason after the fact.

But this time, I didn’t do anything. Why did he simply kiss me?

Innocence was written all over Lucian’s face. “Sorry, I lost control.”

At that answer, Roxanne’s eyes went wide in fury. However, she couldn’t really censure him either. All she could do was turn around as though nothing had happened and put the washed tableware aside.

The two of them spent some time doing the dishes. When they exited the kitchen, Archie, Benny, and Estella pestered Lucian to play with them for a while.

Only when it was rather late did Lucian drive home.

saw him off with the

Archie and Benny got into bed before making her way to her bedroom

home with your grandpa

bed, Roxanne only started coaxing Estella

clutched at Roxanne’s arm tightly. “No!

her comfortingly. “I want to be with you too, Essie, but your grandpa and grandma miss you. Why don’t you

a lengthy persuasion before Estella was finally less averse to that

she was planning to leave, Estella clung onto the hem of

cajoled the little girl for a while before the latter entered the kindergarten

her mind was occupied with the fact that she had to go

afternoon, the kindergarten hosted a mini sports competition. Only then did Estella’s spark of life gradually return. Under

children all fired up, Jeffrey and the

Jarvis to be Essie’s

wasn’t until he had spoken that the others dared comment

Essie to be Archie and Benny’s biological sister. No wonder she always clung to the boys when she used