Chapter 565 – Her Sudden Departure: A Tale of Love and Redemption (Lucian & Roxanne)

Jack flashed her a faint smile in response. “It’s my grandfather you should be thanking. Of course, you can thank me tomorrow if you’d like.”

Noticing the confused look on Roxanne’s face, he continued, “Your research institute is running out of medicinal herbs, right? I just purchased a new batch. They should be arriving tomorrow.”

The smile on Roxanne’s face faded slightly when she heard that. “You’re being far too kind, Mr. Damaris. I don’t know how I’ll ever be able to repay you.”

Jack was about to say something when Benny called out to Roxanne from the bathroom, “Mommy! We’ve run out of soap!”

Archie and Benny had been listening in on the conversation from outside the bathroom. Roxanne was still upset about Essie on the way home, but she suddenly sounded all happy after seeing Jack.

Given how quickly her mood had changed because of Jack, it was only natural that Archie and Benny would get the wrong idea.

Benny got so upset that he had to interrupt their conversation. Of course, Roxanne didn’t give it much thought at the time. She flashed Jack a polite smile and excused herself to fetch the kids a bar of soap. Upon entering the bathroom, however, she saw a brand new bar of soap on the sink.

Roxanne froze and stared at her two sons in confusion. Benny reached out and tugged at the hem of Roxanne’s shirt, silently telling his mother that

he wanted her to stop talking to Jack. Roxanne was overjoyed to receive the books and the herbs, so she got carried away talking to Jack.

It wasn’t until she saw Benny’s actions that she recalled how much they disliked Jack.

“Mr. Damaris is only here to give me something. He’ll be leaving very soon. I can’t kick him out now because that would be rude,” she said with an awkward look on her face.

Benny tugged even harder on her shirt and shook his head profusely. “No!”

Roxanne didn’t have time to comfort him any further, so she just gave him a pat on the head and said, “Mr. Damaris is still waiting for me outside, so I need to get back to him now. Behave yourselves, okay?”

She then stepped out of the bathroom and made her way back to the living room.

Archie and Benny stayed in the bathroom for a little while longer before heading out. Roxanne was still chatting with Jack at the time.

She had wanted to get him to leave as soon as possible, but Jack started talking about the ancient medicine books halfway through the conversation.

Due to Roxanne’s incredible passion for medicine, she couldn’t help but get carried away talking about it again. It wasn’t until Lysa told them dinner was ready that she snapped out of it.

“Would you like to stay for dinner, Mr. Damaris?” Roxanne asked out of courtesy. Jack arched an eyebrow when he saw Archie and Benny standing next to the kitchen.

They were both glaring daggers at him and looked like they would tear him to pieces if he accepted her invitation. Because they were still kids, they just looked adorable no matter how fierce their expressions were.

Jack couldn’t help but smile in amusement as he drawled suspensefully, “Thank you for the invitation, Ms. Jarvis. I-”

He was halfway through his sentence when Benny cut him off, “I don’t feel like eating anymore, Mommy! I want to give Daddy a call!”

Instead of finishing his sentence, Jack deliberately paused and gave Roxanne a confused look. Roxanne was caught completely off guard by Benny’s words and began to panic.

After taking a few seconds to regain her composure, she said apologetically, “I’m sorry, I Jack nodded understandingly and interrupted

her, “It’s all right. I think the kids might be feeling unwell. You should go take a look at them.” Roxanne flashed him a grateful smile before walking toward Archie and Benny.

“Are you boys feeling unwell? Come on, let’s go upstairs so I can have a look at you,” she said while leading them up the stairs.

As they trailed behind their mother, Archie and Benny turned around and shot Jack another cautious glance.

Jack simply responded by glancing back at them with a nonchalant smile. The smile on Roxanne’s face faded the moment they got upstairs

She then stared at Archie and Benny with a stern expression, only to let out a helpless sigh when she saw the defiant looks on their faces.

“Archie, Benny, Mr. Damaris is a guest, remember? You two need to be polite to him.”

“But you said Mr. Damaris was going to leave soon! Why did you have him stay for dinner?” Benny asked with a displeased frown. I’ve never seen Mommy treat Daddy this well before!

“I only did that out of basic courtesy. Besides, you two heard our conversation. We were just talking about medicine, that’s all,” Roxanne replied.

She knew that Archie and Benny disliked Jack, but she wasn’t expecting them to make it that obvious. Roxanne felt her head ache at the mere thought of what Benny said earlier.

“Also, I only promised you two to call Mr. Farwell. I didn’t say anything about him being your daddy, so don’t go making stuff up now.”

While Jack wouldn’t associate those words with Lucian, things could get problematic if these two say it in front of Lucian, especially considering the current state of our relationship!

Benny threw a tantrum when he saw Roxanne defending Jack. “I don’t care! I want Mr. Farwell to be my daddy!”

Roxanne froze in shock when she heard that. She was well aware of how much Archie and Benny liked Lucian. Similarly, they also knew that she hadn’t been seeing Lucian ever since things went south between them.

As such, Roxanne was surprised to see them being so stubborn about this. For a moment there, she even wondered if it would be better to let Archie and Benny go with Lucian instead.

However, she was quick to suppress that thought. I’ve been working so hard all these years so l could live a comfortable life with Archie and Benny! All that hard work would be for nothing if I were to lose them!

After taking some time to think about it, Roxanne bent over and patted Benny on the head.

“Don’t say such things ever again, okay? Mr. Farwell is Essie’s daddy. As for you two… Well, you’ll get to have your own daddy someday.” she said with an apologetic look on her face.

Benny frowned and looked like he was about to say something in protest.

“I know you two don’t like Mr. Damaris. Don’t worry, he and I are strictly business partners. I won’t make you two call him ‘Daddy’ or anything,” Roxanne added with a smile. But I only want my daddy!

Before Benny could voice his thought, however, Archie cut him off, “Understood, Mommy. One of our classmates came to us and asked about Essie today. Benny’s just in a bad mood because he’s worried about Essie. Just give us some time to ourselves, and we’ll be all right after a while.”

Archie then shot Benny a warning glance, prompting the latter to keep quiet.

The look in Roxanne’s eyes turned gloomy when she heard him mention Estella. “Mr. Farwell will take good care of Essie, so you two don’t have to worry about her at all.”

Archie nodded obediently in response. “I’ll be sure to talk to him about this. You should head back downstairs, Mommy. Mr. Damaris is still waiting for you.”

Had it not been for Archie’s reminder, Roxanne would have completely forgotten about Jack. “All right. You two stay here, okay? We’ll have dinner together once Mr. Damaris leaves.”

She then patted them on their heads before rushing downstairs. Jack was casually reading one of the ancient medicine books on the couch.

He looked up when he heard her footsteps and asked, “How are the kids?”

Roxanne felt a little nervous as she replied, “N- Nothing much, really. They were just throwing a tantrum because they got into a fight with some kids at the kindergarten today.”

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