Nonetheless, Estella didn’t even bother looking at them. She simply lowered her head and fiddled with her fingers.
“Essie, are you happy that you’re attending a new school next week?” Sonya asked, grinning widely at Estella.
Estella had a reaction right after her new school was mentioned. She merely pouted in reluctance.
Lucian frowned, wanting to persuade his mother. “Since Essie isn’t willing to attend school, let’s just homeschool her instead.”
Sonya shot him a glare and said, “I have already found a good school for Essie. If she continues to behave like this, she will need to interact with people more often.”
With that, she continued playing with Estella, who was still in her embrace.
Sonya was not discouraged at all despite Estella ignoring her.
She was content as long as Estella was away from Roxanne, Archie, and Benny.
Lucian was about to say something further when the phone on the table suddenly rang.
After seeing the caller ID on the phone, his eyebrows furrowed. Immediately, he grabbed the phone before Sonya could notice the name.
“Let me take this call outside.”
Sonya gave him a dubious look as she watched him leave the room.
I wonder who’s calling him. Why is he acting so mysterious?
As he stood in the courtyard after emerging from the mansion, Lucian frowned heavily while he stared at the phone, which was still vibrating in his hand.
The only reason she’s calling at this hour is to check on Essie’s condition.
At that thought, Lucian’s lips curled into a wry smile.
Isn’t it a bit too late for her to be concerned about Essie now?
Roxanne waited for quite a long time, but no one answered the phone. After that, the call was disconnected. If it were in the past, she would never try calling back.
But this time, since it was about Archie and Benny, she had no choice but to make the call again. It took Roxanne several tries before the other end finally answered the call.
“What is it, Ms. Jarvis?” Lucian’s voice was extremely cold and hostile, a far cry from his usual tone of speech. Roxanne couldn’t help but freeze for a brief moment before she remembered the purpose of her phone call.
“Mr. Farwell, why do you always involve the children in matters between us adults?” With a cold voice, she uttered, “Even though you forced Essie to transfer to another school without considering her condition, I don’t have anything to say about that since she is your daughter. But how can you be so narrow-minded that you would reject Archie and Benny’s visit?”
Lucian raised his brows when he heard Roxanne’s words.
Initially, he thought the reason she called him was to ask about Estella’s condition.
It hadn’t occurred to him that she would call to confront him.
In truth, Lucian had expected both Archie and Benny would come looking for Estella.
Still, he never thought they would come so early to see her.
Realizing that, Lucian’s gaze was filled with mockery. “You’ve used Archie and Benny before, so there’s no guarantee you won’t do it again. I’m just taking precautions, that’s all. Is there a problem with that?”
Roxanne was at a loss for words. She knew Lucian was referring to the previous incident in which Archie and Benny had gone looking for Estella without her knowledge.
Despite the fact that the incident had not been resolved, Roxanne had no intention of explaining any further.
“Even if that’s the case, it’s fine if you won’t let them inside. However, you should have made sure the kids were safe and sound outside your house, Mr. Farwell.”
Upon hearing her words, Lucian’s expression darkened instantly. “What do you mean?”
Roxanne’s voice was brimming with rage. “Archie and Benny were both injured when they got back from your place. They told me they were chased by a few juveniles. Do you need me to notify the police since the area around your house is terribly unsafe?”
Roxanne could only think of one person who would pay the juveniles to hurt Archie and Benny, and that person was Aubree.
As she recalled the scene she saw that night, Roxanne had already associated Lucian and Aubree together.
Since this was Aubree’s doing, Lucian may have been involved as well!
On the other hand, Lucian knew nothing about Archie and Benny going to the manor that morning, let alone know about the boys’ dreadful encounter.
Despite the fact that he had already planned to comply with Roxanne’s request and cut off contact with them, Archie and Benny had actually grown attached to him. Deep down, Lucian was also fond of them as well.
When he learned that the boys were hurt, Lucian was very much displeased. “Who did that to them?”
What kind of person would dare to harm Archie and Benny in broad daylight? And they even had the audacity to do it near my manor!
Yet, Roxanne questioned him instead, “Shouldn’t I be asking you this question, Mr. Farwell?”
Hearing that, Lucian suddenly realized that the true reason for Roxanne’s phone call was actually about this matter.
At the end of the day, both Archie and Benny’s injuries happened near his residence.
With that thought in mind, Lucian’s tone softened gradually. “Honestly, I just found out about this. Don’t worry about it. Since this incident happened on my turf, I will seek justice on behalf of Archie and Benny. I promise I shall get to the bottom of this matter.”
Before she could regain her senses and organize her thoughts, Roxanne had already blurted out, “I hope you are a man of your word, Mr. Farwell. No matter who is the mastermind behind the attack, you should provide an explanation for the boys. After all…”
Lucian furrowed his brows slightly as he sensed what Roxanne would say next would be crucial. However, Roxanne fell silent for a long while. In the end, she ended the conversation abruptly. “I’ll be waiting to hear from you then, Mr. Farwell.”
With that, she hung up the phone. Watching her phone screen fade to black, Roxanne became melancholy. She nearly revealed to him who her children’s father was.
It was because she was terrified Lucian would cover for Aubree even after he found out the truth just because of their wedding. This situation would not happen if Lucian knew he was Archie and Benny’s biological father.
However, she only had the thought to reveal the truth momentarily. Just before Roxanne spoke, she regained her senses and swallowed her words on the tip of her tongue.
Now that Lucian had decided to be with Aubree, Roxanne felt it would only put Archie and Benny in a tight spot if she revealed the truth at this time. As a result, she snuffed out the idea right away.
Meanwhile, Lucian strode back into the mansion after he kept his phone. Then, he told his mother, who was talking to Estella. “I need to leave for something.”
Sonya nodded without saying anything in response.
After that, Lucian looked at Estella with a conflicted look.
Estella only looked up when Lucian entered the door and quickly lowered her head.
She didn’t forget to be mad at him while having an autistic meltdown.
Lucian sighed softly and reminded regardless of whether she would listen, “I’m going back, so be good and don’t wander around.”
Previously, Estella had left on her own to search for Roxanne, worrying Lucian.
To make things worse, Archie and Benny just encountered something terrible.
Sonya glanced at him reproachfully and said, “I’ll take good care of Essie. Do you think everyone is like you, unable to watch over their child?”
Without saying anything further, Lucian whirled around and left the Farwell main residence.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.