The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 778 So Cruel To Abandon An Adorable Daughter

Frightened, Roxanne truly did as he said and remained still for a long while. After coming back to her senses, she began struggling again. In the next second, Lucian pinned her beneath him.

"I've already warned you, but still, you couldn't stay still. If you were to wriggle around again this time, I wouldn't be able to make any promises about what would happen." He leaned close to her, his eyes narrowing dangerously.

Roxanne's heart tightened as she stared at the man's countenance that was mere inches away from her. She wanted to struggle, but she was worried about his words earlier.

Just as she was at a loss, sudden movement sounded from the children's room out of the blue. Both their breaths caught.

As the sounds of the footsteps drew increasingly nearer to the door, Lucian's brows scrunched together. Dropping his hold on the woman in his arms, he resumed a proper sitting position expressionlessly. Finally, Roxanne was free of the man's restraint. Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she heard the click of the children's room door opening.

distance between her and Lucian then occurred to her, her heart jolted once more. She hastily sprang up from the

the next heartbeat, the children's room door slowly opened. Benny plodded out of the

sleep wasn't that peaceful. He automatically woke up after sleeping for a while and subconsciously wanted to

gaze over Lucian on the couch before she hastened over to

embrace. As he sensed the

Lucian's back on the couch, he sensed something amiss. But he

his question, Roxanne couldn't help recalling her experience a moment ago. She stiffened slightly.

he fell asleep in her arms. Sensing a heaviness on

sleeping soundly, their

before tucking the blankets around

to discover that their fever had subsided.

the pressure brought by Lucian earlier gradually