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.

taking one portion first, then coming back to queue again and get more, a large

it,” Lucian said

for

when she gazed at the children and thought about how they must have

the plates, she continued

end, she even took a plate

time to eat, Estella did not want to

led the three kids to a table

the

girl was all happy to have Lucian sitting

feeling resentful as they stared at the man next to

who didn’t know better would think that we were a family

lousy daddy wants to marry another

anymore! Infuriated by that thought, they had no wish to look at

heads

as she scooped up some food with her spoon and placed it

and Benny

solemnly using her small spoon to scoop some food from

at them innocently and said, “Let’s eat,

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