The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 278

The forest was dark. Roxanne could only rely on her torchlight because the faint moonlight was insufficient to illuminate the path ahead of her.

She walked carefully inside the forest, not knowing where she was.

Roxanne only knew Estella was nowhere in sight thus far in her venture into the woods.

After sending Archie and Benny back to the hotel, she checked the messages in the WhatsApp group and noticed none of the other parents had seen Estella.

No one has yet to search the forest. This is the only place left. If Essie is really in here...

Roxanne felt more frightened the more she dwelled on that thought.

Even she was scared of being alone in that environment, not to mention Estella, who was just a little girl.

Essie would not have come inside here if it weren't for me.

teeth and hastened her steps. She must

"Essie! Where are you?"

name as she moved deeper into the forest, hoping to receive any response from the little girl. However, even after she shouted until her voice turned

there were movements

She thought Estella was there, so she

something jumped

in fear. She was on the verge of screaming due to

she realized that it was just a wild rabbit. She let out a sigh of relief at

was reminded of Estella's unknown whereabouts, her anxiety intensified, and she walked forward at a quicker

Roxanne could vaguely hear the sound

skipped a beat. She wondered

she slowed down

the ground in a pitiful condition with dirt all over her. She was crying hysterically to

run out of the hotel in the afternoon, intending to return to the botanical garden to

and shock, she ran aimlessly and unknowingly entered the forest beside the road. When Estella came to her senses, she had already

failed to find her way out.

fell

the slippery, moss-covered walls. She repeatedly fell back to the bottom