Unwanted Gestures and Tangled Sentiments

Roxanne sensed Archie and Benny’s suspicion. Concealing her unease, she calmly led the children to the couch.

After Roxanne rested at home for a week, her leg injury had made a decent recovery, and she could already walk una*sisted.

Nonetheless, Lysa and the children fussed over her condition and insisted she rest for a couple more days at home.

As the three of them settled on the couch, the children’s attention remained on the rejected flowers, and they asked, “Mommy, why didn’t you accept the flowers?”

Roxanne did not expect her children’s question and struggled to come up with a reply.

Noticing her strange behavior, Archie asked, “The delivery man didn’t answer our question. What if he sent the flowers to the wrong house?”

The words had barely left his mouth when Archie hopped off the couch, shooting his mother a final glance before declaring, “I’ll go check with the delivery man. What if he really sent the flowers to the wrong house?”

With that said, he actually began walking tow