Leaving The Country After Divorce

Chapter 59

Given that it was Catalina who always tended to Estella, Lucian didn’t have much experience dealing with children and thought his daughter was throwing a fit.

A look of panic flashed in the man’s eyes as he saw the little girl weep, but ultimately, he glared at her sternly.

“Stop crying,” he ordered, thinking he didn’t sound harsh at all.

Yet, he sounded especially fierce in the child’s ears.

With that, Estella began to cry harder. Tears gushed down her ashen cheeks like a river escaping a dam as she broke into an uncontrollable sob.

Lucian’s brows creased at the sight. He didn’t know how to react.

cold the man was toward his weeping

tears, and you’re still talking to

the

little girl into her arms. “There, there, Essie. Don’t cry! You can come over to play whenever you like, okay? I’ll give

Benny stood next to them with tissues in their hands. While coaxing Estella, Roxanne reached out for a piece of tissue

crying and buried herself in Roxanne’s

wrench, Roxanne held the child tightly and patted

Benny were livid to see Estella having burst

question. “We’ve never been mean to her! For the past two times she ran away from home, my mommy’s the one who took care of her really well, and we’d play with her too. She has fun playing with us, and she likes us a lot, so why can’t she be friends with us? It’s

be reproached by two little boys, Lucian remained stone-faced, not knowing how

to be friends with them just because he was

someone bullied her at school, we were the ones who helped her. If she can’t be