Leaving The Country After Divorce

Chapter 527

It was dimly lit below the stage.

Lucian could feel the children smiling beside him. Feeling curious, he gazed in their direction. The three children were whispering to each other about who knows-what with secretive looks on their faces. Every so often, they would cover their mouths to muftle out their soft giggles.

From beside them, Roxanne was looking at the children with a gentle smile on her face.

It was quite a tender moment.

However, the moment her eyes met Lucian’s, her loving smile turned stiff ever so slightly

Roxanne lowered her gaze and composed herself before turning her face away so that Lucian could only see her side profile.

Lucian’s gaze darkened. With his brows knitted tightly together, he, too, turned his gaze away.

They were the last ones to perform.

When the second-last performance was about to come to an end, Lucian and Roxanne directed the children backstage and got ready to perform.

little nervous, as

on their faces as their eyes shone in

the host introduced them, Roxanne led

scenes were flawless. Everything was exactly as they had rehearsed. As they carried oui the scene, the children showed no signs of stage fright. In fact, they were far more confident than all the

could even hear the audible gasps of the

Estella’s turn, the crowd erupted with applause the moment her childish voice rang out as she recited her

as Little Mute in the outside world. Al that moment, when

were

Roxanne’s mind. She recalled how shy Estella had been when they first met

tiny silhouette standing onstage at that moment, her heart swelling with emotions and pride when she saw Estella performing with

for the scene where the princess pricked her finger on the spinning wheel and fell

the curtains rose, Roxanne was lying quietly still on an exquisitely crafted wooden bed. Her long locks, which were originally held in place by a tiara, were now hanging loosely over the bed, fully exposing

giving it a faint glow. Under the spotlight, she truly looked like a princess from

curtains rose again, Lucian and Estella appeared on the stage. The crowd watched on as the two

a tall build and long legs. He was wearing a form-fitting knight costume

the other hand, Estella was glaring menacingly at Lucian. Her stance indicated that she was about to lunge