Leaving The Country After Divorce

Chapter 500

“Ms. Jarvis.” Estella spoke, gingerly tugging on Roxanne’s outfit.

Roxanne dropped her gaze and saw the little girl piteously looking at her with her big round eyes. She seemed to be asking why Roxanne was ignoring her.

Roxame was ruffled by her puppy-dog eyes, but she could only return a forced smile.

Lucian noticed her uneasiness with Estella. His brows furrowed, but he quickly hid his emotions and said, “We are counting on your support to make the play a success, Ms. Jarvis. This will be the kids’ first performance, so I hope you can set aside your personal feelings for the benefit of the kids.”

Roxanne’s expression froze. Her heart was in turmoil, but she put on a nonchalant front. She casually nodded her head and replied, “Don’t worry. I will.”

As his gaze swept past her face, he could see she had pursed her lips and looked indifferent. Very obviously, she had no intention of engaging with him.

Lucian lowered his gaze and exchanged a knowing look with Estella.

little girl got the hint, moved over, and clung to Roxanne, asking,

replied, “Yes, I’m still busy. But since we promised to take part in the anniversary celebration, I’ll make time to join you in your

lit up when she heard

in Estella, and her heart melted. She could

the way to the classroom, Estella chattered with Roxanne, who entertained

they stepped into the classroom, Roxanne felt all eyes were

stopped in her tracks, turned to Archie and Benny, and asked, “Are we in the wrong

and

nodded, then looked up and saw that the other parents were giving her a weird look.

had met those parents before, so she could not understand the hint

trying to convince herself to ignore the unwelcome attention when a lady came up to her and greeted

classmates. She had met that lady at

that

at the man behind Roxanne, then moved in and