Mission To Remarry

Chapter 114

Chapter 114 Unhappy With Him

Close to an hour later, James stepped out of the room, looking quite exhausted.

Nothing had worked to the effect that he was hoping for, in spite of him having doled out every trick in the book that he knew of just to coax some manner of response from Estella.

“How did it go?” Lucian inquired anxiously.

James shook his head. “Essie has completely shut herself in. She has refused to communicate with anyone and is resistant even to me. My guess is that she must have been triggered by something. The only way to resolve this is by identifying the source of her trauma.”

Lucian’s expression dimmed when he heard that.

Seemingly unaware of the change in his friend’s mood, James continued to ask of the latter in earnest, “Has Essie encountered any situation recently that might have brought about this change in her emotional state?”

Memories of the kid breaking her silence because of Roxanne came flowing back to Lucian. The answer thus became obvious to him.

After a moment’s pause, Lucian recounted the events that transpired earlier that morning.

in Estella’s emotions. “Perhaps this woman may

that woman to come

the former’s departure that morning caused Lucian’s brows to bunch up in frustration. “Got it. I’ll try to

James nodded.

completely in the dark about Estella’s

Lucian said to her, she had been feeling rather

man’s tone of voice and expression did not seem feigned, but she

home, Roxanne’s mood had been in the doldrums but driven by concerns that

When they saw her enter, they approached docilely.

wrong. She even mentioned her meeting with Estella.

The children expressed their gratitude

the head gave Roxanne a greater sense

of the drama between the trio that was playing out in front of her pained

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