The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 281

Roxanne was about to tell Lucian she could manage to pull herself up when he hugged her even more tightly.

"Don't move. Otherwise, it will be difficult for me to climb up." His voice sounded a little hoarse.

Roxanne felt a brief surge of strange emotion in her chest as she listened to his voice. She stayed still afterward and allowed him to carry her out of the hole.

She broke away from his embrace right after they safely escaped the pit.

"Mrs-Ms. Jarvis, you are so kind to Ms. Estella." Cayden could not help but say wistfully.

He had been utterly shocked when he saw Roxanne hugging Estella at the bottom of the pit earlier.

Cayden was already surprised that Roxanne was willing to venture deep into the forest in the middle of the night to search for Estella. Unexpectedly, Roxanne even located Estella before

them in the wilderness.

weren't for Roxanne, they wouldn't have known how long they needed

her lips and smiled. "This is

at her and piped

his words. When she realized

after she quarreled with Aubree. I am to be blamed for this matter. Essie is a wilful child. I did not stop Aubree in time and took proper care of Essie," Lucian explained sombrely Roxanne felt a little

and said with all seriousness, "I should thank you instead.

not found Estella first, they might not have been

earlier because they coincidentally noticed the light

at Estella, who was now resting in Cayden's arms. "I wonder how Essie is. She was here for so long. She must be scared out of her wits. She couldn't stop crying just now." Roxanne's heart ached when she was reminded of the

"We can only check her condition

doesn't seem to have sustained any serious external injuries. I'm just afraid

suffered from psychological illness to begin with. Cayden was fearful that the unfortunate incident would

Roxanne could guess the rest of Cayden's unfinished sentence. Their faces darkened at that

back, everyone kept quiet as a heavy atmosphere