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.

Roxanne saw him off

and Benny got into

like to go home with

only started coaxing Estella after spending a long time

Estella heard that, her initially smiling face fell. She clutched at Roxanne’s arm tightly. “No! I want to be with

your grandpa and grandma miss you. Why don’t you

a lengthy persuasion before Estella was finally

sent all three children to the kindergarten. When she was planning to leave,

a while before the latter entered the

day as her mind was occupied with the fact that she had to go back with her grandparents later in the

then did Estella’s spark of life gradually return.

of the children all fired up, Jeffrey and

expected Ms. Jarvis to be Essie’s

he had spoken that the

didn’t expect Essie to be Archie and Benny’s biological sister. No wonder she always clung to the boys when she used to like to keep to

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