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.

Roxanne would not

he thought of how Roxanne was keeping her distance from

of Essie’s classmates should

hope you stay away

her again.” The woman bit her

closer to Lucian and Estella, building

a swift end to her

dared not voice her objections before a

to heed his words before leaving with her child in

as the

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

forward to protect her earlier, Roxanne

and asked, “I still don’t know where the boys

together, okay?” Estella’s eyes lit up when she realized that

nodded her head in excitement, which brought

around the botanical garden to look

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

most children their age and had run off to a much further place to

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