Before they knew it, darkness took over the sky.

After acting as a driver and mover for the day and giving Roxanne a gift, Lucian naturally stayed back for dinner.

Once they had their fill, he played with the children for a while before taking his leave.

“It's getting late, so I'll be going home now. Essie—”

Before he could even finish, Essie declined, “I want to stay with Mommy!”

Lucian threw her a glance before continuing, “I'll leave Essie with you for the next two days. Tell me if you can't manage, and I'll come and pick the children up.”

Archie and Benny's eyes lit up when they heard Lucian's words.

Given how smart they were, they caught the most important part of his sentence—he considered them his children.

Even though they couldn't address him as “Daddy” yet, he had already seen them as his own.

ecstatic when the fact

for Estella, she was filled with delight upon

agreed with a smile. “She'll be in

a smile.

Estella

that, Lucian drove back to the

in, he was greeted by the glum-looking Sonya sitting

you doing

an equally solemn expression, Lucian took a

at her son's question. “Why can't I drop by? What's wrong with me

frosty expression. “Essie's not here.

it sound like he and Roxanne were a

on Sonya's

who painstakingly raised Essie, while that woman abandoned her after giving birth. She should be thanking me for allowing Essie to acknowledge her

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