Leaving The Country After Divorce

Chapter 78

In the past, it had always been the three of them-Roxanne, Archie, Benny-having meals together, occasionally with Madilyn joining in.

However, it was a first for them to have their meal with Lucian.

At that moment, various emotions rose in Archie’s and Benny’s hearts.

Lucian stopped in his tracks and turned around to meet Estella’s glistening eyes. He then shifted his gaze to the seat beside them, which had utensils placed on the table near it. His eyes immediately glinted with emotion.

As the matter of fact, the four of them were indeed a family.

It would seem odd if he were to sit there.

Though that thought passed through his mind, he had already taken his seat by the table before even realizing it.

For some reason, the atmosphere that was originally jolly had become tense. He could not help but wonder if he was the reason for the change.

Archie and Benny fell silent and lowered their heads to eat their food.

Since the boys were not talking to her anymore, Estella lost her appetite. She held her utensils and took tiny bites out of her food.

“Essie, is there something you dislike?” Roxanne asked gently, noticing the change in her behavior.Hearing that, Estella hurriedly shook her head.

everything

just wasn’t in the

could not talk. Thus, he put down his utensils and answered on her behalf, “Essie is just like us. She doesn’t like carrots and peppers. She always picks these out

“I’ll help you pick them out,

reappeared on Estella’s face,

Estella, picked out the carrots and peppers from the latter’s plate, and placed them on her own.

to continue eating, something tugged the back of her hand, which made her tear up in pain. She stopped moving her arm. lifted her head, and looked at Roxanne pilluny for

expression on Estella’s face, Roxanne put down her utensils right away.

bit her lip, trying her best to stop herself from crying

soon as they saw the

the light shone on the back of her hand, a horrifying red

frowned and asked worriedly, “What

lip without

to glance at Lucian, who

looked

in Roxanne’s eyes

how to vent her emotions. Sometimes, when she gets really angry, she’ll throw things to vent it

himself to utter

know what her reaction would be once she found out

flashed through Roxanne’s eyes as she turned to look