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.

and promptly covered their

peeking through the gaps of

saw Roxanne regaining her composure several seconds later and tried to push Lucian away. “The kids are here. Stop

buried his head in the nape of her neck and mumbled, “They won't

her brows at his answer. She was about to protest when the kids' adorable

didn't see

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

see anything now but had seen everything

didn't see a thing,” Lucian assured her, feigning nonchalance and tightening

other choice, Roxanne relaxed and allowed him to hug her. “What is it? Hurry, spill. The children are still waiting

with a mix of

idea why he had reached out to hug her

he felt guilty, or perhaps he just couldn't

“Can you promise me you'll only wear this

by Roxanne's alluring appearance in the ocean-blue dress. He couldn't shake off the guilt he

as she naturally understood the underlying meaning of his