Lucian’s embrace was a tight one, for he was terrified that she would leave. “Don’t go.”

He yearned to see her. He wanted to feel her in his arms, but he was afraid that he would frighten the children, so he had to restrain himself from doing so.

Now that Roxanne had come, there was no way Lucian was going to let her go easily.

Roxanne did not know whether it was just her hallucination or not, but she sensed that Lucian seemed anxious.

After a second of hesitation, she raised her arms to return the hug and whispered, “I’m not going to leave. I wanted to say that I’ll be waiting downstairs if you’re not free.”

She was there for the children, after all; she would not leave in peace until she received answers to her questions.

It was then Lucian slowly relaxed his grip on her.

back soothingly, Roxanne moved away from his arms

slowly calmed down as he gazed

crept into his voice. “Ophelia poured lubricant on your brakes. She was

widened. “Why would

she could not wrap her head around why Ophelia would want her and

Lucian’s tone took on an even more glacial tone. “I nearly

at the mention

in the next second, she heard Lucian’s long sigh, and

She could only do her best to console him. “This is an oversight

look, so he suppressed

said that I wanted to let the police handle her case, but various

would admit

in the evening brought a determined look into Roxanne’s eyes. “Since she refuses to turn over a new leaf, I don’t want to waste any more time. I don’t know what kind of insane,

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