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.

say, Roxanne saw him off with

they had gone back into the mansion, she watched as Archie and Benny got into bed before making her way to her

like to go home with

coaxing Estella after spending a long time bracing herself

her initially smiling face fell. She clutched at Roxanne’s

want to be with you too, Essie, but your grandpa and grandma miss you. Why don’t you go back and

a lengthy persuasion before Estella was finally less averse to that

the kindergarten. When she was planning to leave, Estella

girl for a while before the

occupied with the

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

the sight of the children all fired up, Jeffrey and the other teachers wore expressions of

to be Essie’s biological mother,”

he had spoken that the others dared comment on that

and Benny’s biological sister. No wonder she always

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