The woman who had accosted Roxanne earlier quickly tamped down her rage when she saw Lucian. She sputtered, “Mr. Farwell.”

Lucian nodded coolly at her before approaching Roxanne.

Softly, he asked, “What happened?” Roxanne’s gaze swept over the contrite woman.

She thought of their conversation earlier and decided not to cause more trouble by telling the truth.

Instead, Roxanne shook her head and said, “Nothing.

She came to say hi, but Essie doesn’t like strangers, so she was scared.”

After hearing her words, Lucian stared at the unfamiliar woman suspiciously and commented, “Essie isn’t usually this timid.” His imposing demeanor unsettled the woman, who lowered her head guiltily and replied, “I just thought Ms.

Estella looked adorable and wanted to stroke her hair.

I didn’t think I would scare her.

Please accept my deepest apologies.” Lucian stared at the young girl in his arms, who was pouting silently while staring straight at Roxanne.

Things obviously were not as simple as the woman had described.

clear that Roxanne would not tell him

how Roxanne was keeping her distance from him, Lucian’s displeasure grew, and

of Essie’s classmates

utterly clueless, I hope you stay away from my daughter

woman bit

use the next two days to grow closer to Lucian and Estella, building a good relationship with the Farwell

a

voice her objections before

his words before leaving

sniffled as the nasty

father’s arms and walked toward Roxanne, grabbing the latter’s

had rushed forward to protect her earlier, Roxanne was moved, and she stroked

asked, “I still don’t know

Estella’s eyes lit up when she realized that they could

nodded her head in excitement, which brought a smile to

the botanical garden to

had been raised overseas, and thanks to Roxanne’s busy lifestyle, the boys had grown

were more daring compared to most children their age and had run off to a much further place

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