Chapter 185 

Before she even knew it, the surgery had already gone on for over seven hours. 

By then, all the other kids in the kindergarten had already left, and only three kids remained. 

Estella had moved out of their house, but Archie and Benny still treated her the same way they did when she was staying with them. 

The boys noticed that no one was there to pick Estella up, so they took her to the sandbox. All three of them then built a sandcastle together and were having so much fun. 

When Lucian showed up, he saw the three kids crouching in the sandbox. Their laughter filled the small playground in the kindergarten. 

“Essie,” said Lucian, who waited until all three had finished playing before he called out to his daughter. 

However, Estella was reluctant to leave as she stared at her two friends, even though her dad had already called out to her. 

Lucian frowned and turned his attention to Archie and Benny. “Where‘s your mom?” 

The boys didn‘t like him, but they still stood up politely. 

questions, Archie pouted and turned his head to the side to stare at

on his face. He answered, “Mommy has an important surgery to perform

he turned around and saw the look on Archie‘s face. That prompted Benny to quickly add, “But, uh, she should be here soon. Bye, Mr. Farwell. Bye,

out to hold Estella‘s hand

a few steps. At that moment, she was

leave, so they turned around to coo her.

Estella stubbornly shook her head. She even clutched onto their bags and insisted,

that point, he no longer dared to force her to do things she didn‘t want

Lucian around, the kids couldn‘t play as freely as they did before.

for about an hour, the sky was turning dark. Yet, Roxanne was nowhere to

his phone out of his pocket to call Roxanne.

made several consecutive calls, but no one picked

still in

checked the time before shifting his attention to the kids. “Are you hungry? I‘ll

at both Archie and Benny with anticipation gleaming in

the strap of his backpack and shook his head with a scowl on his

what Archie said, he forced himself to ignore his hunger and nodded in agreement. “I‘m sure Essie is hungry,

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