A Delicate Truce: Unsettling Encounters and Hidden Intentions

“Is your stomach aching badly? Do you want me to carry you?”

Roxanne, who had come to the staircase, knelt down in concern and looked into Benny’s eyes.

Benny cracked a mischievous yet gleeful smile. “It stopped hurting a long while ago, but I could sense that you felt like leaving early.”

From the moment Mommy saw Daddy and the wicked woman at the elevator just now, there was a drastic change in her mood.

Furthermore, when they were blocked in the corridor by Lucian, he could clearly feel the hostility Roxanne exuded.

Coincidentally, both he and Archie resented the sight of Lucian, hence the excuse to get Roxanne to leave.

Upon hearing Benny’s words, the relieved yet amused Roxanne gave his nose a playful scratch. “Next time, don’t scare me by telling me that you have a stomach ache while being sick. Instead, you should just say that you’re tired.”

Roxanne was given a fright by Benny earlier. If not for the urge to avoid further interaction with Lucian, she would have brought Benny b