The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 840 I Know What She Wants To Say

Estella had always kept to a fixed daily routine. While at Roxanne's house, she had started getting drowsy at around nine o'clock in the evening and only became a little more awake while on the way home. Now, she had been sitting on the couch for a long time. Although she dearly wanted to wait for Lucian to return, she could not fight off the sleepiness that washed over her, and her eyes slowly closed. Catalina knew Estella's routine like the back of her hand. Upon seeing Estella's head droop lower and lower, she quickly hurried over to the girl's side, preparing to catch her at any time.

Just as Catalina anticipated, Estella fell fast asleep within a few minutes, and her body tilted to one side.

Fortunately, Catalina was well-prepared. She caught Estella in her arms, then carefully carried the latter upstairs.

Estella's room and checked the time, she saw

though she really does have something important to discuss with

her phone and was about to call

to take a look, she saw Lucian walk into the house with long strides. He was radiating a cold aura. By the looks of it, he must've been swamped with work tonight to the point

hesitantly, hurrying down the stairs to greet him. As she took his coat, she said, "Ms. Estella waited for you

frown deepened when he heard

to tell me, I can more or less guess what it is she wants to say. I don't want to hear her take Roxanne's side, at least for now. After all, Roxanne's increasingly close relationship with

to the meaning behind her words, she quickly added, "Ms. Estella seemed to have something important to tell you. Do you want to go and check on her?" "No. I know what she wants to say,"

that, he went

she was in no place to say anything more. All she could do was cast a pitying look at Estella's