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

her distance from him, Lucian’s displeasure grew,

the parents of Essie’s classmates

seem utterly clueless, I hope you stay away from my daughter for

her again.” The woman bit her lip

to Lucian and Estella,

had put a swift end to her

her objections before a

his words before leaving with her child in

the nasty woman

father’s arms and walked

had rushed forward to protect her earlier, Roxanne

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

lit up when she realized that they could still

nodded her head in excitement, which brought a smile

led Estella around the botanical garden to look

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

daring compared to most children their age and had run off to a

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