Mission To Remarry

Lucian watched as she gazed at the sea silently. His eyes grew dark as guilt rose in his heart.

She must've stood here alone six years ago. What could she be thinking of? Was she blaming me?

He slowly approached her, his eyes revealing the guilt and affection that had been building up inside of him for the past six years.

Roxanne turned over her shoulder to realize that there was someone standing beside her. She was suddenly transported back in time, and the man's presence filled the void that had been left in her life.

“A penny for your thoughts.” Lucian suddenly spoke when he noticed the change in her expression.

Roxanne snapped out of her reverie and flashed a nonchalant smile. “It's nothing. The ocean looks somewhat different today, that's all.”

That would explain why she felt different when she had been here before.

Lucian looked at her silently before suddenly reaching out to pull her into his arms.

Behind him, the children were taken aback.

how they had interrupted the adults' hug previously and promptly covered their eyes with their hands, but

couldn't stop himself from peeking through the

later and tried to push Lucian

of

at his answer. She was about

didn't see

children and saw that they had all covered their eyes with their hands. They were standing still with

now but had seen everything a while

assured her, feigning nonchalance and tightening his grip around her

allowed him to hug her. “What is it? Hurry, spill. The children

was overwhelmed with a

had no idea why he had reached out to

was because he felt guilty, or perhaps he

hoarse voice, “Can you promise me you'll only wear

dress. He couldn't shake off the guilt he felt for what happened six years ago and wanted to make it

moved as she naturally understood the