“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.
head in consolation, Lucian crouched and took a closer look at her dress.
that the wings at the back of her
attention to the actual mechanics of
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 for it now,
eyed him
that his daughter had so
“Daddy!”
the three children breakfast.
more attached to Roxanne,
to Roxanne, so this is
“The clock is ticking. We're
all three children sped up.
to kindergarten and gave Cayden a call before heading back to the
with
you sleep in?”
look at Catalina, he strode over to Roxanne and sat down beside her. He naturally placed his hands at her waist
in aggravation. “It's not the
incident with Jack, she realized that she needed to interact more with the employees, especially right then.
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