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.

rather late

him

back into the mansion, she watched as Archie and Benny got into bed before making her way to her bedroom

would you like to go home

Roxanne only started coaxing Estella after spending a long time

clutched at Roxanne's arm tightly. "No! I want to be with you,

grandpa and grandma miss you. Why don't you go back and keep

persuasion before Estella

three children to the kindergarten. When she was planning to leave, Estella clung onto the hem

the little girl for a while before the latter entered the kindergarten at long

her mind was occupied with the fact that she had to go back

the afternoon, the kindergarten hosted a mini sports competition. Only then did Estella's spark of life gradually return. Under Archie and Benny's lead, she got along smashingly with the other children. At the sight of the children all fired up,

to be Essie's biological mother,"

he had spoken that the others dared comment on

biological sister. No wonder she always clung to