Mission To Remarry

Lucian's embrace was a tight one, for he was terrified that she would leave. “Don't go.”

He yearned to see her. He wanted to feel her in his arms, but he was afraid that he would frighten the children, so he had to restrain himself from doing so.

Now that Roxanne had come, there was no way Lucian was going to let her go easily.

Roxanne did not know whether it was just her hallucination or not, but she sensed that Lucian seemed anxious.

After a second of hesitation, she raised her arms to return the hug and whispered, “I'm not going to leave. I wanted to say that I'll be waiting downstairs if you're not free.”

She was there for the children, after all; she would not leave in peace until she received answers to her questions.

It was then Lucian slowly relaxed his grip on her.

After patting his back soothingly, Roxanne moved away from his arms and asked, “What happened? Why are you...”

as he gazed at

crept into his voice. “Ophelia poured lubricant on your brakes. She was also the one who got

“Why would

had crossed Ophelia, and she could not wrap her head around

Ophelia, and she could not wrap her head around why Ophelia would

Lucian's tone took on an even more glacial tone. “I nearly lost

together at

in the next second, she heard Lucian's long

respond to Lucian's heavy feelings. She could only do her best to console him. “This is an oversight on

he suppressed his feelings and nodded. “I

said that I wanted to let the police handle her case, but various things have been stopping me from doing that. I thought she would

had to be honest, Roxanne would admit that she wanted to be

happened in the evening brought a determined look into Roxanne's eyes. “Since she refuses to turn over a new leaf, I don't want to waste any more time. I don't know what kind of insane, nefarious plan she'll cook up