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

further solidified her inclination to cut all

to interfere with the kids‘ friendship, but she really wanted to limit her

a 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

desired answer and

shortly after Roxanne led them inside the

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

turned sideways to let her pass.

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

 

answers and invited her to stay for dinner.

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

caught off guard by the question and didn‘t know

marry Aubree!” Madilyn slapped her hand against the table. “I thought he had turned over a new leaf when

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

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