Roxanne was taken aback. Suspicion was written all over her face.
“I really did want to follow what we had rehearsed back then. Unfortunately, the lights cast a shadow on your face from where I was standing, obscuring my sight and causing me to miscalculate the distance and accidentally kiss you.” Lucian looked Roxanne in the eye. “I was just as shocked as you are when that happened, Ms. Jarvis. But since you did not seem to have much reaction, I carried on. I didn’t expect you to mind so much.”
In other words, he was saying that Roxanne had allowed him to continue that kiss.
Roxanne stared at him in disbelief. Not only did she find his explanation hilarious, but she also thought it was downright absurd. “Pray tell, Mr. Farwell. How should I have reacted back then for you to know that I mind?”
There were so many pairs of eyes below the stage. Did he expect me to ignore the script and push him away forcefully?
Lucian mulled over it in silence. After a while, he answered matter-of-factly, “To be honest, even I have no idea how you should have reacted back then. However, it’s all in the past. There’s no need for us to keep discussing it.”
Chapter 530 Once again, Roxanne found his words ridiculous. Her expression darkened even more.
He had kissed her in front of so many people, yet now he was telling her that there was no need for them to discuss it since it had all passed.
He made it seem as though she was the one overreacting. At the sight of Roxanne’s anger, Lucian stated seriously, “Whether you believe it or not, the kiss truly was an accident. Besides, I have no reason to kiss you.”
When she heard that, she felt as though someone had put away the fire burning in her heart.
Even though she did not want to believe it, she had to admit that Lucian was telling the truth. He had no reason to kiss her.
After all, Aubree was the one Lucian had always been in love with for all those years. The two of them were even engaged. He would not have left Aubree alone and done something that could cause so many misunderstandings in front of a crowd.
However, the more Roxanne followed that train of thought, the more upset she was at herself.
That’s the reality. Why was I overthinking about it just now? I must have made a fool of myself in front of Lucian.
Laughing softly at her own absurdity, Roxanne lowered her head.
Meanwhile, Lucian had mistaken her silence for anger. After a moment of silence, he smiled. “I’ve come out here to apologize to you. If you’re so bothered by the fact that I stole a kiss from you, you can steal one from me.”
Cocking an eyebrow, he added, “I promise I won’t move.”
Roxanne jerked her head up to look at him in disbelief. She could not believe what she had just heard.
What is this guy talking about?A few moments ago, he was explaining that the kiss was not intentional. But now he’s saying things like this. Doesn’t he know that it’ll cause a lot of misunderstandings?
Roxanne could no longer read what he was thinking.
“So what would it be, Ms. Jarvis? Will you forgive me, or do you want to kiss me
back?” Lucian pressed on.
Seeing how nonchalant he looked, Roxanne almost laughed out loud in frustration. Not wanting to continue the topic, she said, “Since you’ve already explained yourself, we can pretend it never happened. Thank you, Mr. Farwell. I’m heading back inside.”
With that, she turned and headed straight for the hall.
As for the audience, Roxanne could only pray that they did not see the kiss, and even if they did, she hoped they would think it was all for the play.
Behind her, Lucian remained standing by the slide, keeping his eyes on Roxanne’s diminishing silhouette. When he saw that she did not even turn back to look at him, a mocking smile appeared on his lips. Then he picked up his pace and followed her into the hall.
By the time the two returned to the hall, it was the prize-giving ceremony.
When the three children saw them entering the hall, their eyes lit up with excitement.
“Mommy, we won first place!” Benny immediately whispered in Roxanne’s ears the moment she sat down.
With a smile, Roxanne reached out and rubbed Benny’s head. “Thanks to all your hard work! All of you were amazing!”
Benny puffed out his chest in pride. With excitement written all over his face, he turned his gaze toward the stage. “We even received prizes!”
Roxanne did not give much thought to the statement. Thinking that the prizes would be toys for the children, she merely smiled and waited with the rest of them.
On the stage, the host had just finished announcing the names of the winners and was starting to introduce the prizes.
The prizes were given according to the number of families involved in each group. The third place received two mountain bikes for children, ihe second place received three pairs of limited edition Lego sets, and the first place received two sets of family vacation vouchers to a hot spring-one for Roxanne, and one for Lucian.
Roxanne was dumbfounded when she heard what the prize was.
It was so different from the previous two prizes, She had assumed that the first prize would also be toys for the children. Yet to her surprise, they were vouchers for a hot spring vacation.
“Put your hands together as we invite the champion to receive the prize on stage!” The host smiled and looked toward Roxanne and the others.
Roxanne glanced at Lucian, hoping he would go up. However, Lucian remained seated calmly and showed no intention of standing up. Roxanne had no choice but to get up on stage to receive the vouchers for a hot spring vacation from Jeffrey.
As she walked up the stage, everyone shot her envious looks.
Thinking that the people might have seen their kiss, Roxanne couldn’t wait to get off the stage. She hurriedly took the vouchers, thanked the presenter, and turned to step down from the stage.
The three children looked at the vouchers in her hand with faces full of excitement.
Roxanne, however, was distracted.
The long wait for the event to end was exhausting. And as soon as it ended, Roxanne immediately got up, wanting to leave with the children.
As they walked out of the hall, Estella said gingerly, “Ms. Jarvis, let’s go together!”
Roxanne was shocked to hear that from Estella and couldn’t react for a moment.
Estella had already run up to her. Her face was flushed red, and she was staring at Roxanne with eyes brimming with anticipation. “Let’s go to the hot spring together!”
She had never been anywhere that far with Roxanne, and she was looking forward to
After all, they had worked hard to win the vacation vouchers, and it was only natural that they went to the hot spring together.
Roxanne’s heart softened when she took in Estella’s expectant eyes,
Lucian walked out and stood beside Estella silently while looking at Roxanne with an incomprehensible gaze.
When she felt Lucian’s line of sight, Roxanne hesitated for a moment before rejecting Estella firmly. “I will be busy. You go ahead with your daddy.”
Hearing that, the children felt disappointed,
They were all looking forward to having fun together, but Roxanne didn’t seem to think the same.
Lucian’s eyes darkened, and the atmosphere became tense.
Estella looked at Roxanne with her puppy eyes, then at Lucian.
She knew that Roxanne would continue to avoid them as before after the play.
Her eyes turned red as she looked at the two adults, who were silent.
Having spent time with Roxanne and the boys during this time, she felt even more reluctant to part ways with them.
She didn’t want Roxanne to avoid them again.
At that thought, Estella grabbed the corner of Roxanne’s clothes and pouted. “Ms. Jarvis…”
Looking at Estella’s sorrowful look, Archie and Benny exchanged glances and felt sorry for her. “Mommy, let’s go with Essie!”
Roxanne’s heart was in turmoil. She raised her head and looked at Lucian, who was in front of her.
Lucian frowned and said coldly, “Ms. Jarvis, if you don’t want to go with me, I can stay, but you’ll have to take care of Essie.”
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