The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 272

Lucian did not hesitate as he made his way to the botanical garden right away.

Estella wanted to hang out with Roxanne, so the only place she would go was to the latter. Besides the botanical garden. there was nowhere else she could go.

Lucian ran all the way to the botanical garden, but Estella was nowhere to be seen.

His heart sank. He fished his phone out of his pocket and called Roxanne.

Roxanne was strolling around the botanical garden with the kids when her phone rang. She couldn't help frowning when she saw the caller ID on her screen.

Lucian? Shouldn't he be with Aubree? Why is he calling me?

The phone rang for quite some time before Roxanne finally picked it up.

Essie?" Lucian asked in his deep voice

He sounds nervous.

she had a bad feeling. "No, I

to blink because he was worried that he would miss his daughter.

that. Panic was written all over her face. "Isn't she with you? How did she get

her for now. She should be somewhere around the botanical garden." Roxanne dared not dawdle. She immediately agreed to his plan. "Okay, I'll search around the place with the

she turned to Archie and Benny, wanting to bring them along to search for

confusion when they saw the panicked look on Roxanne's

was worried, took a deep breath to force herself to sound calm as she said, "Essie is missing. We have to look around for

shocked to hear that. Their faces were filled with

and suggested, "Mommy, let's split up. We'll have a better

Benny nodded in agreement.

you can't find her, then go to the entrance and wait for me there."

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Estella walking into the botanical garden. She reckoned that Estella might have

saw Lucian, who had the same

frowning deeply and his lips were set in a