By the time they settled in their room, it was already nighttime. Pippa led the parents to the restaurant the botanical garden had arranged for them.

Roxanne took Archie and Benny to get their food.

There were far more employees of the botanical garden at the restaurant than when they first gotoff the bus, and Estella did not like that.

She followed closely behind Roxanne, never taking her eyes off the latter.

Roxanne turned around when she sensed Estella’s gaze, and a pained look appeared in her eyes upon noticing the girl’s timid expression.

She immediately let Archie and Benny hold hands, thus allowing her to free one hand to take Estella’s.

Seeing Roxanne reach her hand out toward her, Estella took it without hesitation, her eyes crinkling as she beamed.

All signs of timidness had vanished from her face without a trace.

Lucian was still worried about Estella, so he followed her.

Then, he saw Roxanne and Estella holding hands, and mixed feelings surged within him as he walked behind Roxanne.

When it came to Roxanne’s turn to get their food, she found it hard to take four

portions at once.

to queue again and get more, a large hand reached over

do it,” Lucian said in a low

for a brief

children and thought about how they must have been hungry,

one of the plates, she continued taking

the end, she even took

to eat, Estella did not want to

kids to

the other

have Lucian sitting on one side and the beautiful Roxanne

could not help feeling resentful as they stared at the

that we were a

this lousy daddy wants

anymore! Infuriated by that

lowered their heads and

smiled as she scooped up some food with her spoon and placed it on the two boys’

and Benny

up, they saw Estella solemnly using her small spoon to scoop some

and

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