When Roxanne saw that Archie was standing very close to Lucian, she quickly called out to him, “Let‘s head in, Archie.”
The little boy nodded obediently and withdrew his gaze from Lucian. Then he followed Roxanne into the house.
Madilyn held her bestie carefully. “Is it true that you felt nauseous? I don‘t remember you having motion sickness in the past.”
The two ladies had known each other for years. However, it was the very first time that Madilyn had heard Roxanne speak about her motion sickness, and a severe one, too.
Roxanne was afraid that her condition would frighten her children. Thus, she nodded lightly at them and added, “I was already unwell earlier today.”
With that, Madilyn dropped the topic and assisted her into the mansion.
Lucian stood at the gate, the emotions in his eyes unfathomable
“Ms. Jarvis, Mr. Farwell is still outside.” Lysa was cooking dinner when Roxanne walked in. She noticed how feeble Roxanne was and dashed over to check on her. At one glance, she could see that Lucian was still standing on their front porch.
Roxanne frowned and simply gave her a laconic reply. “Shut the door, please.”
She had no intention of getting entangled with that man.
Lysa was clueless about their affairs. She had always thought that the couple was on good terms because Lucian seemed to be very caring toward Roxanne.
At one point, she even had the impression that they would be together.
Since Roxanne was obviously giving Lucian the cold shoulder, Lysa assumed that the two had a falling out over some issues.
She felt bad when she glanced at Lucian before closing the gate.
With the doors closing in front of him, Lucian retracted his gaze and returned to the car. Subsequently, he instructed Cayden to send him back to the Farwell residence.
Essie should be home now at this hour.
Meanwhile, inside the mansion, Lysa helped Madilyn to walk Roxanne back to the bedroom. Archie and Benny served her a glass of hot water sweetly and nestled closely around her bed, staring at her intently.
Roxanne flashed the children a comforting smile. “I‘m all right. I just need to get some rest, and I‘ll recover in no time. You two go out and play, okay?”
The two of them exchanged a glance, both feeling perturbed.
Madilyn chimed in, “Go ahead and leave her to me.”
Then she signaled Lysa to usher the kids outside.
Archie and Benny had no choice but to leave the bedroom reluctantly.
As soon as the door was shut, Madilyn put on a solemn face and bombarded her bestie with a series of questions. “You‘d better come clean with me now. What happened? You were perfectly fine when you attended the banquet yesterday. How is it possible that you became so sick today? Also, did you really run into Lucian?”
Roxanne felt slightly exasperated having to attend to the relentless interrogation of her best friend before she could recuperate. “It‘s really just a coincidence. There was a minor accident on the flight back which startled me and caused me to become like this. Don‘t tell the boys. I don‘t want them to worry.”
Madilyn stared at her for a while. The suspicion in her eyes was replaced with sympathy. “All right, I got it. I know what to do. It‘s just that you and Lucian…”
Madilyn was well aware of what happened between them.
Six years ago, Roxanne had fled to a faraway place because of Lucian‘s hostility against her.
Now that she was back, the man had been acting like a completely different person. Not only did he keep showing up around Roxanne, but his attitude toward her had also improved tremendously.
Madilyn could not wrap her head around the changes in Lucian. She could only pray hard that Roxanne would not let history repeat itself.
Although Roxanne had repeated multiple times that she felt fine, Madilyn could not feel at ease. and hence, she examined her body thoroughly.
In the end, she concluded that Roxanne had mild post–traumatic stress. With sufficient rest, she would surely recover.
Roxanne did not want the kids to speculate, so she went downstairs after getting a short rest.
Right then, Lysa was serving dinner. She was about to head upstairs and check if Roxanne wanted to join them, only to realize that Roxanne was already up.
“How are you feeling? Can you eat these? Otherwise, I can make you some soup.” Lysa was very concerned.
Roxanne‘s face was no longer as pale as before. She shook her head and replied, “Don‘t trouble yourself. I don‘t have much appetite, anyway. I can eat anything that‘s already been prepared.”
With that, she took her seat at the dining table.
Archie and Benny, who were in the living room, dashed over to surround Roxanne the moment they heard her voice.
As their gazes met, Roxanne ruffled their hair. “Don‘t worry. I‘m all good after getting a good nap.”
The two kids looked away. They were still downcast, and their eyes were filled with concern.
They had always been with Roxanne since they were young and had seen her flying everywhere for work. Thus, they knew very well that she did not have any motion sickness.
They wondered what went wrong during the flight home.
Seeing that both her sons were unhappy, Roxanne shot Madilyn a helpless glance to request her intervention
She was in a dilemma. She could not tell her sons the truth, yet she was not in the capacity to come up with a better excuse.
Upon sensing her request for help, Madilyn looked at the boys and casually cleared her throat. “I‘ve checked your mommy‘s condition. Thankfully, there‘s nothing serious that we need to worry about. She just needs some rest, and she‘ll recover well. Do you think I would lie to you?”
Archie and Benny shook their heads vigorously.
Roxanne beamed in gratification when she saw how caring her little boys were. She smiled and said, “I‘ll drive you two to the kindergarten tomorrow.”
Archie and Benny froze for a second and then widened their eyes in surprise. “Really?”
In addition to being busy at work, Roxanne had been avoiding Estella. She had not been sending the boys to kindergarten since the last time she had told Estella that they were going to migrate overseas.
Archie and Benny were okay about it because they could still see Roxanne after school.
However, they felt horrible whenever they saw Estella‘s disappointed face.
Now that Roxanne said she would go to the kindergarten with them, the boys felt so happy for Estella.
Mommy is taking us to the kindergarten tomorrow. That means she‘ll recover by then. Yay!
Seeing how excited the kids were, Roxanne nodded. “I‘ll grow a long nose like Pinocchio if I lie to you.”
Instantly, the boys grinned from ear to ear and started digging in.
Madilyn stayed back for a while after dinner. When the kids went to bed, she ensured that Roxanne was comfortably tucked in bed before getting ready to leave.
“Call me if you still feel unwell tomorrow. I‘ll take the boys to the kindergarten,” Madilyn said.
Roxanne merely smiled and responded, “Okay. Sorry for troubling you again for the past two days.”
Madilyn shot her a reproachful look. “Am I not their godmother? It‘s part of my responsibility to care for them. You, on the other hand, get a good rest and get well soon.”
Roxanne nodded with a smile and watched as she left.
Meanwhile, Estella was sprawled on the coffee table, playing with Legos when Lucian returned to the manor.
As she spent a lot of time with Archie and Benny, she was influenced by their habits and had gotten Lucian to buy her plenty of Legos.
Taking into consideration that she would be playing alone, Lucian had bought her a smaller set that fitted perfectly on the coffee table.
Seeing him enter, Estella glanced at the door and got to her feet to welcome him. However, all she did was stand by his side and stared at him in silence.
At the sight of her, Lucian couldn‘t help but be reminded of Roxanne.
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