The Abandoned Wife

Upon seeing that Roxanne was still in a daze, Lucian couldn't resist lifting his hand and caressing her face.

"You..."

Roxanne was stupefied for several seconds before she belatedly snapped back to her senses. Mild embarrassment showed in her eyes.

While the man had sneaked up on her countless times when they were in Miralaea, she could more or less postulate the reason after the fact.

But this time, I didn't do anything. Why did he simply kiss me?

Innocence was written all over Lucian's face. "Sorry, I lost control."

At that answer, Roxanne's eyes went wide in fury. However, she couldn't really censure him either. All she could do was turn around as though nothing had happened and put the washed tableware aside.

The two of them spent some time doing the dishes. When they exited the kitchen, Archie, Benny, and Estella pestered Lucian to play with them for a while.

when it was rather late did

him off

she watched as Archie and Benny got into bed before making her way to her bedroom to take

would you like to go home with your grandpa

started coaxing Estella after spending a long time bracing herself

that, her initially smiling face fell. She clutched at Roxanne's arm tightly. "No! I

miss you. Why don't you go back and keep them company for two days? Then, I'll

took a lengthy persuasion before Estella was finally less averse to

all three children to the kindergarten. When she was planning to

for a while before the latter

morose the entire day as her mind was occupied with the fact that she had to go back with her grandparents later in

a mini sports competition. Only then did Estella's spark of life gradually return. Under Archie and Benny's lead, she

never expected Ms. Jarvis to be Essie's biological mother," Jeffrey

that the others dared

biological sister. No wonder she always clung to the boys when she