The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 273

"How did she go missing?"

Roxanne couldn't help asking about it when the two of them left the botanical garden.

She would keep blaming herself for it if she never learned the truth.

Lucian gave her a deep and sullen look. Although Estella did not say it out loud, he knew she had left to look for Roxanne.

Roxanne's anxiety rose when she looked into his eyes. "Wasn't she with the two of you? How did two adults..."

How did two adults manage to lose a single child, especially when that child is as obedient as Essie?

Roxanne didn't finish that sentence.

Lucian was already panicking because Estella was missing. She knew that if she were to say those words out loud, she would sound as if she was putting the blame on him. Lucian frowned. He looked deeply into her eyes and said tersely, "There was a disagreement with Aubree."

could possibly have happened to get Estella so angry that she ran

retracted his gaze and remained

ever learns that Essie has left to find her, she will put all the blame on herself. Roxanne could tell that Lucian had no intention of telling her the truth, and that made her frown. Her lips parted, but she never got the words

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ways after they left the botanical garden. Lucian left her some instructions before making his way toward

waste time.

Benny parted

Benny were physically small, so they practically crawled through every hole

to be seen, and neither

Let's not play hide-and-seek anymore," Benny choked out. He

find her.

upset as well, but he held his brother's hand and said, "Don't cry. Mommy is already worried

hearing that and forced himself to hold back his tears. "Let's leave the botanical garden and look for

not make things more difficult for Mommy. We'll

Benny nodded obediently.