Leaving The Country After Divorce

Chapter 1218

gaze landed on her face, and in an unhurried tone, he added, “Those needles will scare the kids.”Roxanne immediately explained with her instincts, “They won’t. Archie and Benny are used to it.”Sometimes, the two boys would even help with the disinfection and cleaning.To them, the needles used for acupuncture were actually no different from the forks used for dining.Lucian’s gaze darkened. “But Essie will be scared. They already got freaked out by the way you looked yesterday.”Roxanne was promptly taken aback. She almost forgot that Estella was around too.Noticing how Lucian’s face clouded over, Roxanne cast her eyes downward apologetically. “I’m sorry. I forgot about that.”Lucian frowned. “I don’t mean it that way. You don’t have to apologize to me.”In truth, he merely wanted to remind Roxanne that the kids were terrified by what happened the day before, and the sight of those needles might spook them out again.It was clear that Roxanne had misunderstood what he said. At that point, Lucian felt his temples throbbing badly.He had always been a pragmatic man who was not good with words. Faced with this situation, he did not know how to explain himself.After rolling up the felt needle case and carefully putting it in the drawer beside the bed, Roxanne turned around to look at Lucian. “All right, I’ve put them away. You