The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 500

"Ms. Jarvis." Estella spoke, gingerly tugging on Roxanne's outfit.

Roxanne dropped her gaze and saw the little girl piteously looking at her with her big round eyes. She seemed to be asking why Roxanne was ignoring her.

Roxame was ruffled by her puppy-dog eyes, but she could only return a forced smile.

Lucian noticed her uneasiness with Estella. His brows furrowed, but he quickly hid his emotions and said, "We are counting on your support to make the play a success, Ms. Jarvis. This will be the kids' first performance, so I hope you can set aside your personal feelings for the benefit of the kids."

Roxanne's expression froze. Her heart was in turmoil, but she put on a nonchalant front. She casually nodded her head and replied, "Don't worry. I will."

As his gaze swept past her face, he could see she had pursed her lips and looked indifferent. Very obviously, she had no intention of engaging with him.

exchanged a knowing look with

moved over, and clung

busy. But since we promised to take part in the anniversary celebration, I'll

heard that, joy written all over

Estella, and her heart melted. She could no longer behave coldly toward the little

way to the classroom, Estella chattered with Roxanne,

they stepped into the classroom, Roxanne felt

bewildered Roxanne stopped in her tracks, turned to Archie and Benny, and asked, "Are we in the wrong classroom?" The boys shook their heads

nodded, then looked up and saw that the other parents were giving her

she could not understand the hint of

Jarvis." Roxanne was trying to convince herself to ignore the unwelcome attention when a lady

outing to

look at the man behind Roxanne, then moved in and cozied

her.