The sudden ring of Lucian’s phone broke the silence of the room.

Roxanne instinctively glanced at the phone screen when it lit up, only to quickly retract her gaze when she saw the caller ID.

The phone had been ringing for quite a while before Lucian turned around to pick it up.

Upon seeing the caller ID, he shot Roxanne a glance before answering the call by the window, “What is it?”

Aubree could be heard complaining on the other line.

“I heard Essie’s kindergarten organized a tree-planting event.

Did you attend it with her?” “Yeah,” Lucian replied coldly.

one?” Not wanting to waste his time arguing with her, Lucian said, “Essie wanted to attend it, so I brought her over.” Naturally, Lucian wasn’t about to explain why

and suppressed her rage as she pressed on, “Why didn’t you invite

looked at Roxanne, who was playing with Estella, and snapped back

awkwardly, “E-Everyone knows we’re getting married, right? Besides, I’ve looked after Essie for so many years–” “Anyway, I’ll be hanging up now,”

up the phone before Aubree could

Lucian’s conversation with Aubree due to how silent the

didn’t let Aubree finish, Roxanne

was probably going to tell him that

no one would say anything about her attending the event

at the thought of that, Roxanne patted Estella on the

up early to plant trees tomorrow, so you should

and

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