The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 1956 She Is Just Like My Mom

The next day, Lucian accompanied Roxanne to the cemetery where she paid respects to her mother.

As it suddenly began to drizzle, the cemetery was quickly covered in mist.

With an umbrella in his hand, Lucian made sure Roxanne was fully covered even if it meant that half of his body would get wet.

Roxanne looked at the tombstone where a picture of her mother was embedded. It captured the first time she smiled vibrantly ever since she got seriously sick.

She could still remember how she rushed back home from school back then and saw how neatly her mother was dressed when she returned from a photography studio. The beaming expression and the reluctance in her mother's eyes filled Roxanne with a sense of dread.

True enough, her mother met her untimely end not long after that.

Back then, Roxanne felt as if her world had collapsed. Her mind drew a blank, as the pillar of support in her life was now gone.

held a simple funeral for her together with Grant in

she faced in life, she would quietly hide away and let her wounds heal

would never forgive Grant for

her mother's death, Grant married Winnie and brought along

when all her

was the beacon of light in the darkness that engulfed Roxanne's life. He had become the very reason she continued to live

delivered her

fact that Lucian harbored no interest in her and only saw her

fate worked

grave,

gotten what

side until his wife was done. After helping her back to her feet, he knelt down in front of the grave and declared, "Mom, you can rest assured that I'll take good care of Roxanne and the kids.

that moment, a sense of warmth enveloped Roxanne as she smiled at her

going off now. I'll come with the kids the next time. They've finally done it, once a month as promised.

the sorrow of the past. Instead, there was a newfound sense of