It was a rare sight as Estella ran toward the school’s entrance while waving wordlessly at Roxanne and the boys.

Seeing that the little girl was too caught up in the excitement to care about road safety, Roxanne quickly rushed over to hold her hand. When she saw Lucian walking calmly toward them, she couldn’t help but feel a sense of helplessness.

Estella grinned from ear to ear as she held Roxanne’s hand. Once they stopped walking, she even hugged the latter’s leg affectionately.

Archie and Benny weren’t jealous either and greeted Estella with big, friendly smiles.

When Lucian finally came to stand beside them, Benny boldly tugged at his suit sleeve.

Puzzled, the man lowered his head to look at the boy.

“Good morning, Mr. Farwell!” Benny exclaimed, flashing an innocent grin.

Lucian raised his eyebrows slightly, but his surprise soon turned to gentleness. “Oh, good morning to you too.”

Having gotten his father’s reply, Benny smiled even brighter.

however, merely pursed his lips

 

Lucian returned the greeting

I suppose you must be on excellent terms with Estella. That’s pretty rare, you know?

girl holding her leg and simply answered

refused to leave Roxanne’s side, but that didn’t matter since it was

kids decided to remain standing at the door to chat

night before to scrap the twins’ expulsion, so Pippa

be kept

walked into school together, Roxanne turned around to prepare

had been chatting with Pippa for so long that she almost forgot that Lucian was

Mr. Farwell,” Roxanne uttered, striding off

watched her retreating

the three kids chatting with Pippa earlier had left him in a daze. To him, it felt as though they were a

did Lucian finally gather his thoughts and walk

Roxanne made a beeline

to the Queen family’s supply of herbs, the once-stagnant research gradually got back on track and continued to

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