Leaving The Country After Divorce

Chapter 81

The three children exchanged glances before putting the Lego pieces down in an unspoken agreement and running into the kitchen.

“What happened, Mommy?” Archie and Benny asked in concern.

Their voices roused Roxanne out of her trance. She felt even more uneasy at the sight of her sons before her. Barely able to suppress her fears, she shook her head and mustered a smile. “It’s nothing,” she said. “The bowl must have slipped out of my hand. Don’t come in. There are broken pieces everywhere.”

With that, she squatted down as if nothing had happened to pick up the pieces, still distracted as she did so.

Lucian’s eyes darkened from behind the three children as he studied the woman on her knees.

I could be imagining it, but this woman does seem to have a lot on her mind.

Roxanne lowered her head. The man’s intense gaze upon her disconcerted her further.

In a momentary lapse of vigilance, her fingers closed around a particularly sharp corner of a shard.

A tingling pain erupting from her fingertips snapped her back to her senses, and she gave an involuntary gasp of pain.

“Mommy!”“Ms. Jarvis!”

anxiously as blood

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dash into the kitchen when a tall

their mother to hold her wrist in his large hand with a cold expression

and Benny froze

you thinking?” he asked

vast hand on hers. She was at a loss

wrapped his arms around her waist and lifted

was already standing by the

Lucian turned on the faucet and dragged her

turning his attention to the three

children were worried about Roxanne, they nodded when they saw that she was

the woman’s hand was clean enough, Lucian took out a clean handkerchief from his pocket and wrapped it around her injured finger to stem

By that point, Roxanne had regained sufficient control of her faculties. She tried to jerk her hand out of his

and tightened

felt annoyed at his refusal

woman. Essie

Roxanne tried her best