Leaving The Country After Divorce

Chapter 573

“It’s getting late.”

Roxanne kept the dread in check as she walked up to the boys. “Let’s head back.”

She acted as though nothing was wrong when she reached for the boys’ hands and tugged them away from Lucian’s side.

The boys didn’t notice the change in their mother’s mood and simply nodded their heads obcdicntly.

However, Lucian caught her retreating steps after she took the boys’ hands. His expression darkened at the sight.

Her intention is obvious. She‘s worried about the boys getting too close to me.So was she part of the reason for the boys‘ resentment toward me? Does she hate me so much?

Roxanne gave him a nod, then tugged the boys over to the counter to settle the bill. She hurriedly led them out of the workshop after, forgetting that Estella was still inside.

Estella sat at her station dazed, confused about what had happened.

 took Archie and Benny away in a blink of an eye, leaving Daddy and me

to her father with an assessing gaze, wondering

head aching. “Essic, come on. We

100.”

 Benny, but now even my own

she dragged her feet over to

reached for her hand but did

saw Estella grasping onto the hem of his shirt in a depressed mood. Her gaze lingered at the door where the trio

browsfurrowed at her look but still

through the beach to

the busiest time on

the night before with the firework display, Roxanne and Lucian still kept a

“Daddy!”

vanked on the hom of her father’s shirt roughly when Roxanne didn’t look over her shoulder at her even

could not read what