Chapter 209 

“Are you in a bad mood, Mommy?” Archie and Benny looked at her with concern. 

Roxanne was taken aback. She thought she had hidden her emotions well in front of her kids, but they saw right through her ruse. 

“Why did you ask?” she asked nonchalantly, glancing at them in the rearview mirror. 

Archie‘s face creased in bewilderment. “You ignored Essie just now. Did Mr. Farwell annoy you?” 

The slightly unsettled feeling gnawed at the pit of her stomach at the mention of Lucian. 

She must have been really close with him during that period of time for Archie to have misunderstood 

Benny added, “Essie almost cried.” 

Roxanne drew her brows together in a frown, and her heart wrenched as she could only imagine Estella‘s pitiable face without seeing it for herself. 

could apologize to Estella.

her inclination to

friendship, but she

stole a casual peek at them and said, “Come out earlier after your classes end. I‘ll be busy for the

the desired answer and exchanged puzzled glances before nodding

inside the house. She froze

She opened her mouth, but she noticed Archie

is it?” Roxanne turned sideways to

to her temper by the thinnest of threads. “I‘ll tell you in a bit.”

 

didn‘t press her for answers and invited her to

her rant when Archie and Benny had gone upstairs after dinner. “I saw the news yesterday. What was Lucian trying

question and didn‘t know how to

looked for you after deciding to marry Aubree!” Madilyn slapped her hand against the table. “I thought he had turned over a new leaf when he sought you out. I never expected

and she didn‘t

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