The Abandoned Wife

Upon obtaining the answer he desired, Lucian raised his eyebrow. "I shall graciously accept your invitation, then."

When Roxanne heard that, she still felt a little awkward, even though she was the one who asked him to join her for dinner.

It was a rare harmonious moment between them.

To her surprise, Lucian proceeded to ask, "Do you need any help?"

That rendered Roxanne speechless for a few seconds.

After snapping back to reality, she shook her head awkwardly. "No need. You can help me watch over the children instead."

visible on his face, though he still nodded in

would enter the living room to do that, but he just leaned against the kitchen entrance and gazed at

confusion, Lucian explained, "I can watch them from here. Besides, you're eager to learn the results of my investigation, no? I can reveal a little bit to you first while you prepare dinner." Despite still

slowly recalled what she was like six years ago. She was like that in the past, working in the kitchen countless times to prepare my meals. However, I never cherished her effort. It makes me feel guilty now that I'm thinking back on it, but it also strengthens my

in the living room before they

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they saw the scene in the room, they kept quiet so as

they were staring at a painting of

siblings before they all sneaked back into

the children's movements, Lucian glanced

grinned when he saw them before shifting his attention back

felt slightly tense and moved

took a little longer