The Abandoned Wife

"Daddy, why are you here?" Estella glanced at her father curiously.

We were talking about Daddy a few moments earlier, and I'm surprised to see him arrive so quickly. I thought he was angry.

Her words served as a reminder to Roxanne.

Suppressing her embarrassment, she gave Archie and Benny a stern, questioning look, as if to inquire which one of them had sent Lucian a text message.

It couldn't be Essie, so it must be either of the boys!

"It wasn't us!" Benny felt a chill go down his spine and immediately drew on his inborn acting skills to put on an innocent look. "If you don't believe us, ask Mr. Farwell!"

With that, he turned to look at Lucian.

Lucian met his eyes and nodded readily. "I came here by myself."

her eyes filled with

that they're already helping each other without any knowledge of

couldn't bring herself to yell at them, so

one who could head out to buy some clothes for the

silence. "I have some clothes in the car that you can change into. You can change your

Roxanne grew suspicious again.

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Roxanne was rendered speechless.

Roxanne knew she couldn't probe further as she did not want to come across as overly calculative. "Perhaps this is fate," Lucian remarked with a smile. He then pushed Archie's and Benny's shoulders gently. "Come, let's

you here?" Benny asked in surprise as he

garments into something dry and comfortable. Lucian only remembered to bring them a change of clothes but forgot to buy some

suit jacket placed in the backseat

at absorbing water, but

me your location, no?" Benny flashed a guilty smile. "You