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Chapter 39

Chapter 39 When Roxanne walked out of the room, she lowered her voice

and spoke to the children. “I’m still treating a patient right now, so I’ll be back

much later. Go play with Aunt Madilyn first.” The children were used to her

returning home late, so they agreed. Concurrently, inside the room, Lucian’s

expression was so cold that it was reaching the freezing point. Rage was

boiling in his heart. Estella’s attempt to reach Roxanne’s hand and the

“Mommy” he heard on the phone kept echoing in his mind. No wonder she

acts so coldly toward Estella. It turns out she had already married someone

else and given birth to new children! That’s why she abandoned Estella back

then! He stared at his daughter, who was still standing in her original spot.

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Despite her obvious disappointment, she still stared at the door, waiting for

Roxanne to return.Watching her like that made his heart ache. So what if she has returned? She

still doesn’t want to take care of her child! The look on Lucian’s face was

terrifyingly dark as he approached Estella and carried her into his arms. The

girl stared at him with confusion and tugged his collar, indicating that she

didn’t want to be carried Of course, he didn’t notice it as he coldly announced,

“It’s getting late, so I’ll be taking Essie back home now. If Old Mr. Queen

wakes up, give me a call. I’ll stop by another day.” Before Jonathan could

reply, he left with Estella. Roxanne had just ended her call and was about to

head back in. When she arrived at the doorway, she saw Lucian walking out

expressionlessly.

Her heart clenched, but just as she wondered what to do, he walked past her

and left without glancing at her. She was a little stunned at his sudden

departure, though when she returned to her senses, she laughed self-

deprecatingly in her mind. It seems like he didn’t care about the call at all. Six

years ago, he didn’t care about me either, not to mention I did that sort of

thing to him when I left. Of course, he won’t care about me now, nor would he

care about the two children. To him, we’re all strangers. Roxanne knew they

lived in different worlds. She thought about the emotional roller-coaster she

had just gone through earlier and felt like a joke. She stood outside the door

for a long while before sighing gently. Upon tidying up her thoughts, she

entered the room. Only Jonathan was left in the room. He had witnessed their

interaction earlier. For some reason, I feel like their relationship isn’t as simple

as it seems. Lucian, especially, seems weird. It’s the first time he showed so

many emotions toward a woman. He was really curious about their history, but

because it was their private matter, he didn’t inquire further about it. Instead,

he started talking about Alfred’s condition with her. Estella was panicking as

Lucian brought her out of the mansion and into the car. She quickly wrote a

sentence in her notebook and tugged the hem of his shirt before showing it to

him. The sentence read: I haven’t talked to Ms. Jarvis yet. Can we stay a little

longer? Seeing that, Lucian felt a surge of mixed feelings, and his eyebrows

furrowed. Estella noticed her father looked kind of down, and a caring look

appeared in her eyes. She then wrote two more sentences: What’s wrong,

Daddy? Why aren’t you happy?