The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 820 Console Essie

For a moment, Roxanne did not know how to respond to Estella's declaration of love. I mean, I like Essie too, but I have never entertained the thoughts of becoming her mother.

After all, she has her own biological mother. If anything, children would probably prefer their biological parents more...

A good example will be Archie and Benny. Although they don't know the truth of their births yet, their attitude toward Lucian is clearly different from the rest.

"You can't?" Having received no answer from Roxanne, Estella lowered her eyes in disappointment and despair.

Roxanne's heart ached when she saw the girl's disappointment, but there was nothing she could do besides giving her a merciless rejection. Patiently, she explained to the girl, "Essie, you'll have your own mommy, and once you have your mommy, you'll find out that liking mommy and liking me don't feel the same."

her fists stubbornly and looked at Roxanne with tearful eyes. "I only like Ms.

in resignation when she saw Estella's

her sentence, the girl gave

it was capable of seeing through people's souls, and

next second, Estella let go of her shirt and

Roxanne cried out when she returned to her senses. Right as she was about to run after the girl, the man beside her

Lucian's back, Roxanne ran for

me again, will she feel worse? Should I... not

that things would turn out this way either. They froze

decided not to go after Estella. Instead, they

not know how to console her. They held their tongues after that and merely kept her company at the side. Roxanne gradually came back to her senses a while later. She lowered her gaze to look at the boys and whispered, "Should I not have rejected Essie just now?"

and run out without a word? Truth be told, Roxanne was not expecting an answer from them. After saying that, she hung her head in silence as waves of panic and frustration washed

mother with the way she had raised that sudden