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.

words. When she felt the latter's gaze on her, she pouted and looked

girl was to her, Roxanne's

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if I had a choice. How could I, when I've been treating her like the daughter I lost? There's nothing I want more than to be with her forever, but what else can I do when her family keeps

Roxanne pulled herself together and gently grabbed the little girl's shoulders. "Essie, I'll

pretended not to have heard anything and continued staring at the ground, only to have tears welling up in her eyes

furrowed her brows and added, "I promised Ms. Ward I'll send you back. If you stayed here too long, she'd tell your father, and then he'd come

she didn't want Lucian to

turned back to look at

breathe a sigh of relief when

a while since Estella held a 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