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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Later that morning, when Lysa returned home after sending the two boys to kindergarten, she spotted a man outside the door with a bouquet of roses in his hand who was just about to press the doorbell, rendering her feeling slightly perplexed. She had met quite a few of Roxanne’s male friends before, but none of them had delivered flowers to her personally.“Hi, may I know who you are?” Lysa asked, approaching the man with a puzzled look on her face.That man was sent by the florist to deliver the flowers to Roxanne.He had reached a while back and tried pressing the doorbell a few times, but no one answered. Just when he was intending to leave and return later in the afternoon, he saw Lysa.When he met the housekeeper’s scrutinizing gaze, he explained, “Hi, I’m the deliveryman from the florist. A gentleman had bought flowers from our store this morning and told us to deliver to this address.”Upon hearing that, Lysa nodded slightly and took over the bouquet from the man. “Oh, thank y
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While the reporters’ photos depicted a woman standing at the helicopter door, Jack knew Lucian was behind it. He thought the matter had ended when the celebrity scandals dominated the public consciousness that afternoon. Thus, the next day, he planned to meet up with Roxanne by using the project as an excuse.To his surprise, her a*sistant told him she wasn’t in the research institute.In fact, he received the same answer over the next few days.By then, no matter how stupid Jack was, he could still realize what was happening.He knew Roxanne had left with Lucian, so he wondered how long it would take them to return.To his surprise, it was a whole week, and that enraged him.Jack was still upset as he spoke. “Even though the development of our project was about to begin, the person in charge of the research institute was nowhere to be found. What do you think I should say about that, Ms. Jarvis?”When he brought up the project, Roxanne felt guilty and apologized further. “I’m really
