“Daddy!”
Downstairs, Catalina was serving the three children breakfast.
When the children saw that Lucian had come downstairs, they all greeted him in unison.
Subsequently, Estella asked morosely, “Where's Mommy, Daddy? My dress is spoiled.”
Upon hearing that, Lucian scrutinized her with a frown.
Estella was wearing the dress Roxanne put on her last night, but the wings at the back had come off at some point in time.
“Where are the wings?” he questioned in a baritone voice.
Wearing a recriminating expression, Estella turned to Benny beside her.
Benny proceeded to raise a hand apologetically. “I accidentally tore them off. I'm sorry. I'll help Essie fix them!”
His voice dripped with remorse.
Lucian crouched and took a closer look
remembered that the wings at the back of
attention to the actual mechanics of it.
studying the dress for a long time, he stood up and declared, “It isn't spoiled. The wings can still be reattached. But then, we've got no time
eyed him dubiously.
exasperation flooded Lucian when he saw that his daughter had so little faith
“Daddy!”
the three children
thought, she's more attached to Roxanne, so
thought, she's more attached to Roxanne, so this
subject. “The clock is ticking. We're going to be
three children
drove them to kindergarten and gave Cayden a
with her brows knitted together
sleep in?”
and sat down beside her. He naturally placed his hands at her
pain at her waist subsided, Roxanne glowered at him in aggravation. “It's not the weekend today, so I've still got to work.”
needed to interact more with the
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