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

solidified her inclination to cut all ties

to interfere with the kids‘ friendship, but

casual peek at them and said, “Come out earlier after your classes end. I‘ll be busy for the time being, so Ms. Lane will pick you up.”

didn‘t get the desired answer and exchanged

doorbell rang shortly after Roxanne led them inside the house. She froze before turning to answer the

on the other side with a pinched expression. She opened her mouth, but she noticed Archie and Benny inside,

sideways

to her temper by the thinnest of

 

and invited her

only began her rant when Archie and Benny had gone upstairs after dinner.

the question and didn‘t know how

after deciding to marry Aubree!” Madilyn slapped her hand against the table. “I thought he had turned over

Lucian and Aubree‘s betrothal, and she didn‘t mind when it

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