His stare shifted to the direction Jack left and continued in a mocking tone, “Or is it because Mr. Damaris is special? So much so that you want to meet him despite your injury?”Roxanne could sense the hostility in his voice and felt even odder. “Mr. Damaris and I are merely business partners. We met today because we wanted to discuss our collaboration. Please do not make wild guesses, Mr. Farwell!”Lucian’s lips twitched. “It’d better be.”Seeing the mockery on his face caused her to feel a slight pain in her heart. Her expression darkened as she said, “Thank you for your thoughtfulness, Mr. Farwell. However, I have all sorts of medicine here. So, if there’s nothing else, please leave.”Roxanne turned around and staggered back into the mansion without giving Lucian another chance to speak.He grabbed her arm after she took two steps away from him.His cold voice rang next to her ear. “I’ll send you back in.”“No need. It’s only a few steps. I can handle it just fine,” she rejected w
On the other side, Aubree was finally able to leave the hospital after staying there for nearly a month. Lucian only kept her company in the hospital for a few days under his mother’s request. After that, he never showed up again.She contacted him a few times, asking him to visit her. However, he would always use his work as an excuse to reject her.Additionally, two days ago, some of her friends, who had children studying in the same kindergarten, visited her. They told her that Lucian and Roxanne were acting in the Sleeping Beauty play. Not only that, they showed her photos of the play.Inside the photos, Lucian was seen wearing a princely outfit as he stared longingly at Roxanne, who was lying on a wooden bed.Aubree’s friends continued to swipe the screen, showing her photos upon photos of Roxanne and Lucian.Eventually, he was seen sitting by the side of the bed, leaning his body toward Roxanne in order to kiss her.When Aubree saw the kiss, she shoved the phone away, unwilling
He pulled out his phone to check who it was with furrowed eyebrows. The moment he saw the name on the screen, he subconsciously looked at the woman in front of him and met her eyes.Roxanne’s eyebrows tightened a little as she swept her gaze past the phone’s screen and saw the name.It was as though the word “Aubree” was reminding her that she was getting too close to Lucian.When she realized that, she pinched her palm, pretended to be calm, and pulled herself backward. She wanted to put as much distance as possible between herself and him. Her eyes lowered as she pretended that she didn’t exist.In the next second, the vibrating sound stopped.Her eyebrows remained furrowed as she subconsciously glanced at the phone.It was then she saw Lucian had hung up the call and stuffed it back into his pocket.He stared into Roxanne’s eyes, which caused her to be stunned for a second.“I’ve applied medicine to your wound and help bandaged your injury. Don’t you think I deserve some thanks for
It was hard to tell how long Roxanne and Lucian stayed in the living room before her phone rang. It was from Lysa.Roxanne answered the call.“Have you returned, Ms. Jarvis? If not, we can go and pick you up.” Lysa’s voice entered her ears the moment the call connected.Roxanne replied plainly, “I’m already back home. You should bring the children straight back here.”It was then Lysa sounded rather troubled. “Also, Mr. Farwell’s a*sistant is saying that he wants to go home with us…”When she went to pick up Archie and Benny, Estella was still there.The boys insisted they would only leave after she left, so Lysa had no choice but to wait with them.At the end, when Cayden arrived, he said he wanted to come home with Lysa.She couldn’t make the decision, so she called Roxanne.Roxanne glanced at Lucian subconsciously when she heard that.He was acting as though he didn’t hear anything. His eyes remained fixed on his phone without any expression.Seeing that, she hesitated for a few s
She appeared troubled because she had just seen Aubree calling Lucian. If I let Lucian and Essie stay here for a meal, it’ll look like I’m doing it on purpose, especially after what he said…Her intention was to reject her boys’ request, but Estella grabbed her sleeve.It caused her heart to waver as her gaze shifted to the girl.Estella stared at her pitifully. The red in her eyes hadn’t completely subsided yet, which made her look aggrieved.As Roxanne stared into the girl’s eyes, she hesitated, and in the end, she couldn’t reject her.Seeing how she wasn’t getting an answer, Estella turned to her father with red cheeks for help. “Daddy…”Lucian glanced at Roxanne and lowered his eyes to look at his daughter. “Ms. Jarvis has already agreed. You should thank her.”Doubt was still present in Estella’s heart, so she wanted to hear the confirmation right out of Roxanne’s mouth.However, Roxanne couldn’t bring herself to say it. She simply patted the child’s head in silent agreement. The
However, it was obvious Roxanne didn’t want them to worry. Thus, the children didn’t ask any further questions and silently put some food on her plate.She thanked them with a smile.“Ms. Jarvis.” Estella suddenly spoke.Roxanne turned to the girl, confused.“Can you rest properly and get better soon?” The look in the girl’s stare was serious.When she heard Roxanne’s wound open because of all the walking, she wanted Roxanne to rest and get better soon.Upon hearing that, Roxanne was stunned for a few seconds. Then she nodded at the child, unsure if she should laugh or cry. “I know. Don’t worry, Essie. I’ll listen to your advice.”Estella nodded seriously like a small adult.Following that, the boys’ attention shifted to Lucian as they spoke. “Thank you for applying Mommy’s medicine for her, Mr. Farewell.”They proceeded to put food on Lucian’s plate.He didn’t expect they would thank him. With his eyebrow raised, he smiled at them indifferently. “You two need to take good care of you
Lucian had arrived at the Farwell residence with Estella. Since it was getting late, he sent her to her bed to sleep.“Daddy,” she said just as he stood and was about to leave.Lucian halted his movements, turned around, and sat next to Estella’s bed again. “What’s wrong?”It was obvious she was already sleepy, but she still suppressed her drowsiness and looked at her father. “Does Ms. Jarvis like us?”After all, when she went to visit Roxanne with her father, not only did Roxanne not chase them away, but she also didn’t intentionally give him the cold shoulders.Lucian’s eyes darkened when he heard that question. He began to recall how distant Roxanne treated him before the children arrived.“When will we meet Ms. Jarvis again?” Excitement filled Estella’s voice.He remained silent for a second before patting his daughter’s head. “I’ve been busy with my work lately. Once I am freer, I’ll take you to meet her.”It was pretty clear Roxanne was still avoiding him, but the misunderstand
Jonathan’s heart skipped a beat as he wondered what had gone wrong between them. How did Lucian end up broken like this?After a moment, Lucian’s voice rang out as cold as ice. “It would have been better if there was no vacation!”Lucian was the one who had planned the vacation; he had even swapped the winner of the first prize at the last minute.In retrospect, the effort should not have been spent.If the turning point of their relationship had remained as it was at the end of the stage play, perhaps Roxanne would not be rejecting him as she was currently doing so.Even until now, he had not figured out what went wrong during their vacation.Jonathan listened in bewilderment. “What do you mean? Weren’t you happy during the vacation? Didn’t you listen to my advice to let her have her way?”By right, to warm up the relationship, the vacation was the opportunity to patch things up, and nothing could go wrong.As Lucian frowned and recalled the experiences during the vacation, he felt e