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.

solidified her inclination to cut all ties with Lucian.

friendship, but she really wanted to limit her contact with Lucian.

classes end. I‘ll be

answer and

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

pinched expression. She opened her mouth, but she noticed

is it?” Roxanne turned sideways to let

in a deep breath, holding on to her temper by the thinnest of threads. “I‘ll tell you in a bit.”

 

her for answers and invited her to stay for dinner.

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

by the question and didn‘t

“I thought he had turned over

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

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