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.

previously and promptly covered their eyes with their hands, but their lips curled into

peeking through the gaps of

regaining her composure several seconds later and tried to push Lucian away. “The kids

buried his head in the nape of her

about to protest when the kids'

didn't

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

now but had

see a thing,” Lucian assured her, feigning nonchalance and

Roxanne relaxed and allowed him to hug her. “What is it?

with a

no idea why he had reached out to hug her

felt guilty, or perhaps he

of silence, Lucian said in a hoarse voice, “Can

the ocean-blue dress. He couldn't shake off the guilt he

as she naturally understood the underlying meaning