The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 344 Melted Heart

After lunch, Archie and Benny wanted to play with Estella, but Roxanne promptly stopped them. "The two of you can play on your own. I'm going to send Essie back."

She had wanted to make things clear to Estella but realized she couldn't bear to utter such harsh words, especially since the little girl had just bawled her eyes out. Thus, her only option was to send the kid back first.

Despite Archie and Benny's reluctance to part with Estella, they still nodded obediently at their mother.

However, now that Estella couldn't play with them, the two boys lost all interest and stood silently beside her and their mother.

other hand, was miffed by Roxanne's words. When she felt the latter's gaze on

how averse the little girl was to her, Roxanne's heart

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I've been treating her like the daughter I lost? There's nothing I want more than to be

herself together and gently grabbed

to have heard anything and continued staring at the ground, only to have tears welling up in her eyes

A while later, she furrowed her brows and added, "I promised Ms. Ward I'll send you back. If you stayed here too long, she'd tell

words, she didn't want Lucian to

that, Estella turned back to look

little girl might finally concede, Roxanne was about to breathe a sigh of relief when Estella mumbled, "Daddy won't come." Naturally, Roxanne was a little baffled by that

proper conversation, so she couldn't help but stumble over her words. "I-I won't let Ms. Ward tell Daddy." With that, she carefully approached Roxanne and tugged at the hem of her shirt with a pitiful look. "I want to stay with you, Ms. Jarvis." This time around, Roxanne