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.

that Roxanne would not tell him the

from him, Lucian’s displeasure grew, and it showed in his darkening

coldly, “I thought the parents of Essie’s classmates should know about her

I hope you stay away from my daughter for the

again.” The woman bit her

days to grow closer to Lucian and Estella, building a good

a swift end to her

voice her

words before leaving

as the

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

her earlier, Roxanne was moved, and she stroked the young girl’s

held Estella’s hand and asked, “I still don’t

look for them together, okay?” Estella’s eyes lit up

in excitement, which brought a smile

botanical

and thanks to Roxanne’s busy lifestyle, the boys had grown up with

age and had run

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