The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 769 Still Need To Check Her Over

When Estella heard her father's remark, her eyes flickered, and she retracted her hands. I'm already feeling horrible, so I don't want Ms. Jarvis to suffer as well.

Roxanne was inevitably stunned for a few seconds, surprised that Lucian was purely concerned about her. Oh God, I misunderstood him...

Pursing her lips, she smiled and looked at Estella reassuringly. "It's okay. Come here and let me hug you." While saying that, she held her arms out to the little girl to carry her into the house.

She could tell that Estella was scared to death then and yearned for her embrace. Alas, her outstretched arms grasped empty air once more.

Estella wriggled into her father's embrace, dodging Roxanne's outstretched arms. She then shook her head at the latter. "Daddy will carry me in."

Roxanne's heart promptly melted, knowing that Estella was afraid she would be infected. In the end, she relented and followed them into the living room.

in my room," she offered gently upon noticing

Lucian headed upstairs directly with Estella in his arms and went

however, he hesitated

might be infected if I were

perceived his worry. She snagged a large blanket from the side and spread it over

forward

carefully removed

outside was rather dim earlier. That aside, Estella was wrapped up like a burrito, so she merely knew that the girl had red spots all over her body. She had no idea of the specific situation. Estella docilely

removed the blanket, a glimmer of shock flittered across her eyes

to be exceedingly severe long before

simply scratching her body. Otherwise,

restraining Estella's wrists in order to prevent her

expression on her face was somewhat solemn. "I still

tell the cause of Estella's symptoms, but she still needed to take her pulse to

as Lucian glimpsed her outstretched hand, the crease of his