Chapter 316 – Her Sudden Departure: A Tale of Love and Redemption (Lucian & Roxanne)

The children were all looking at them. She shouldn’t be so intimate with Lucian. However, Lucian refused to let that happen.

All Roxanne felt was his hand tightening on her waist. “You’re a doctor, Ms. Jarvis. Aren’t you afraid that your wound would get infected if it comes into contact with dust and seawater?” His low voice rang next to her ears.

Before Roxanne could even react, the children started to panic. “Mommy, your feet shouldn’t touch the ground!”

“Ms. Jarvis…” Estella’s voice was full of concern.

Roxanne hesitated upon realizing that the kids were too worried about her to notice the intimate actions between her and Lucian. She then decided to keep quiet and obediently lay in Lucian’s arms.

Since Lucian had given her his coat, all he was wearing underneath was a thin shirt. In order to stabilize herself, Roxanne placed a hand on Lucian’s chest. She could clearly feel the warmth radiating from him.

Maybe it was just her imagination, but that heat seemed to have warmed her up as well. Even her face started to flare up. Lucian basically carried her across the beach.

Roxanne, however, could feel everyone staring on her. There were even some people gossiping about them. They were all discussing the couple who were publicly displaying their affection.

Noticing the commotion around her, Roxanne buried her head against Lucian’s chest, trying her absolute best to hide to avoid everyone’s gaze.

Lucian noticed how she was behaving, and his hands that were carrying her tightened. The three children all tugged Lucian’s clothes as they followed after him. Their eyes were locked onto the woman in his arms.

Lucian carried Roxanne all the way to a nearby clinic. Once they arrived, he carefully placed her down on the chair.

It was clear that the clinic’s doctor had dealt with such injuries before, for he was advising Roxanne as he cleaned her wound. “It’s comfortable to run on the beach without shoes, but it’ll be hard to see what’s hidden in the sand at night. Please be more careful in the future.”

Roxanne agreed as her face reddened slightly in embarrassment.

“It’s not a serious injury, but you have to take good care of it. Be careful when you walk during these two days, and try not to apply pressure on it. Furthermore, the wound must not get wet,” the doctor reminded her after he was done.

Roxanne’s eyebrows were furrowed as she tried to endure the pain. Before she could even react to the doctor’s advice, Lucian. who had been by her side, answered on her behalf, “All right. Thank you, doctor.”

The doctor thought that they were married, and thus he sincerely advised Lucian. “Go home and take good care of your wife. It’ll be hard for her to move around with a leg injury.”

Upon hearing that, Roxanne instinctively tried to explain, “You’ve misunderstood. We’re not-”

“I will,” Lucian interrupted in a low voice.

Seeing both of their reactions, the doctor chuckled knowingly. “Are you fighting with each other? If you two weren’t married, why was there such a grand entrance? I was cleaning your wound, but this man seemed to be more anxious than you are.”

Roxanne frowned slightly as she looked up at the man next to her. A look of confusion flashed across her eyes.

Lucian, on the other hand, nodded and made his way to settle the bill with the doctor. He then came back to her.

Noticing that he was bending over her. Roxanne’s body stiffened, and was about to push him away. “I can walk.”

Just as she spoke, she had already been carried up into the air. Roxanne made a soft sound of surprise as she grabbed onto his strong arm subconsciously.

The doctor stood by the side as he saw the scene unfold. A knowing smile appeared on his face.

Roxanne frowned, but she knew that she would not be able to break through Lucian’s. Therefore, she stopped struggling and awkwardly smiled at the doctor, allowing Lucian to carry her out of the clinic.

The three children carried Roxanne’s shoes as they quickly walked behind Lucian.

Once they arrived at the hotel, Lucian had just placed Roxanne down on the couch when all three of them quickly surrounded her. “Mommy!”

Roxanne was still having mixed feelings. about what happened until she saw the worried look on their faces. She forced a comforting smile at them. “I’m okay. It’s just a small injury. Didn’t you hear the doctor just now? All I have to do is to rest for two days. It was my fault for being careless. There’s no need to blame yourselves.”

The three children pouted as sadness was written all over their faces.

“Pack your things up. We’re going home,” Lucian’s voice rang out from the side. The three children instantly nodded obediently and ran upstairs to pack their bags.

Roxanne, however, had her eyebrows furrowed in disagreement. “Weren’t we supposed to go to the hot springs?”

The main objective of their trip here was to the hot springs. Lucian frowned at her. “You’re already injured. How are you supposed to go to the hot springs?”

“Even if I can’t go, the kids can. You should take them there. I can wait here. They shouldn’t end the trip early because I’m injured.” Roxanne looked at the stairs. where the children had run off to.

Lucian rejected coldly. “We can always come back next time.”

With that, he left no room for Roxanne to object and went upstairs to help the children to pack their belongings.

The group soon left the hotel in the middle of the night and headed back to. the city. It was different from how they arrived. On the way home, Archie sat in the front passenger seat in order to allow Roxanne to sit comfortably while Estella and Benny accompanied Roxanne in the back seat.

All three children kept staring at her injured foot, and Roxanne did not know whether to laugh or cry at that. They finally arrived at the entrance of the mansion.

With her hand on the car seat to support her, Roxanne carefully tried to get out of the car. Just as she reached the door, a pair of big hands reached out and were placed on her waist, carrying her up. Roxanne was stunned for a few seconds.

However, after realizing that the kids had. already seen this happen many times after she got injured and probably wouldn’t think much of it, there was no need for her to reject Lucian. Therefore, she allowed him to carry her into the mansion.

Just as they entered, Lysa walked over to meet them. When she saw that Roxanne was in Lucian’s arms, her eyes were filled with surprise. “What’s going on? Are you sick, Ms. Jarvis?”

The children rushed to explain, “Mommy hurt her foot.”

Upon hearing that, Lysa looked at Roxanne’s feet with worry evident in her eyes. She noticed that a shoe was dangling off one of the latter’s feet and there was gauze wrapped around it.

Lysa’s face was full of worry as she helped Lucian to place Roxanne down on the couch. “How did you injure yourself so badly?” she asked in concern.

Roxanne responded with a comforting smile. “I accidentally scraped my foot on a seashell. It’s not a big deal. It’ll heal after resting at home for two days.”

Regardless, the worried expression on Lysa’s face did not fade. “It’s fortunate that you were there with Ms. Jarvis, Mr. Farwell. Thank you for sending her back even though it’s so late,” she thanked Lucian.

Lucian nodded and replied, “Please take good care of her these two days. Try not to let her walk, and keep her wound dry.”

Lysa agreed at once.

A weird feeling rose in Roxanne’s heart when she noticed that Lucian was acting like the head of the house. “It’s getting late. You should take Essie home soon, Mr. Farwell. I’ll thank you properly for everything you did today,” she piped up.

Her words triggered a grim expression on Lucian’s face. Even though they had been interacting a lot these two days, Roxanne was still cold to him.

He had already gone to such lengths for her, and yet she was still trying to push him as far away as possible. Estella cast her gaze downward. She carefully tugged onto Roxanne’s shirt and said, “Ms. Jarvis, I want to stay with you,”

she said with a pleading expression. She was really worried about Roxanne’s wound.

Roxanne’s heart softened at the sight, but she still stayed firm on her decision. “Be good, Essie. It’s late. Go home with Daddy.”

“But you’re hurt…” Estella looked up at her with tears welling in her eyes. Roxanne’s heart ached terribly.

She knew that the young girl was incredibly worried for her, but she knew that she had to maintain a distance from both Lucian and Estella.

Before Roxanne could even reply, Estella sniffled. She was about to burst into tears soon.

“If you’re worried about me, you can come and visit me another day, Essie.” After a few seconds of silence, Roxanne still caved in.

Estella looked at her with doubtful eyes.. “Really? I can come?” she questioned with a sob. A sorrowful feeling filled Roxanne’s heart as she patted Estella on her head. “Yes,” she said firmly.

Hearing Roxanne’s promise, Estella longingly nodded and went to hold Lucian’s hand.

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