“We’ve already grown up!” Archie replied with a sullen expression. “You’ve taken care of us for so long, Mommy. We can take care of and protect Mommy, too! We may not have a daddy, but what Daddy can do, we can do, too!”
Seeing how insistent he was, she didn’t have the heart to talk him down and crush his desire to protect her, so she smiled. “I’ll thank you two in advance first, then.”
The children nodded earnestly.
After Roxanne brought the children to grab lunch, she bought two sets of clothes for them before returning home.
Lysa prepared dinner.
Roxanne sat at the dining table with them. Lysa asked the boys what they did, and they answered truthfully. The atmosphere was pretty cordial.
After a while, Roxanne noticed Benny had been eating exceptionally slow. “What’s wrong, Benny? Did you get too full during lunch earlier?”
Lysa and Archie also turned to Benny.
Benny was holding his abdomen under the table with one of his hands while he slowly ate with another. His face was pale, and he looked like he was feeling unwell.
Seeing his brother like that made Archie worried. “Benny doesn’t look like he’s feeling well, Mommy.”
Roxanne put her fork down and approached her son.
Seeing his mother getting closer, Benny stopped pretending and held his abdomen with both his hands. His face was totally scrunched up.
“What’s wrong? Do you have a stomachache?” She grabbed his hand with a serious expression, trying to figure out what kind of illness he had contracted.
Benny nodded forcefully. Just as she grabbed his wrist, his expression darkened. He then jumped away from his chair and ran into the bathroom.
Roxanne stood and stared at Archie worryingly. “Are you feeling any discomfort?”
Archie sensed his body’s condition seriously and shook his head.
Lysa glanced in the direction of the bathroom worryingly and then shifted her attention to the dishes. “This shouldn’t have happened. I’m sure the dishes tonight are fine.”
Roxanne smiled at her comfortingly. “It’s not the dishes’ fault. I think it’s probably because he got a cold while swimming earlier, or maybe the lunch was bad.”
Lysa nodded with relief, though her heart ached a little. Ever since I started taking care of this family, this pair of mother and son kept falling ill. I wonder how they survived in the past.
After a while, Benny walked out of the toilet with a pale face.
“How is it?” Roxanne asked caringly.
Benny shook his head. “I don’t feel anything anymore.”
She was still worried about him, so she brought him to the couch and checked his pulse.
“When did you start feeling unwell?” Her eyebrows were furrowed as she stared at him.
Benny replied guiltily, “In the car, during the afternoon.”
A sigh escaped her mouth. “Why didn’t you tell me about it earlier?”
His voice became smaller with each word he said, “I didn’t want Mommy to get worried. Besides, I just wanted to go to the toilet…”
It was because he and his brother just said they wanted to protect their mother. They might be children, but they had dignity as well.
Additionally, he didn’t feel his body was sickly. He only experienced a stomachache during the car ride.
It was unexpected to him that his stomach caused him a lot of pain after eating two mouthfuls of food.
He felt pretty ashamed and embarrassed that his mother had found out.
Roxanne was able to tell what Benny was thinking. Her heart ached a little as she wondered if she should laugh or cry. “If you want to protect me, you must take care of yourselves first! If you feel unwell, tell me about it next time.”
He nodded.
“It would’ve only been necessary to eat some medicine for this. Now we have to head to the hospital.” Roxanne glanced at the clock. “Good, it’s still not too late.”
After that, she asked Lysa to grab the children’s coats for them before she brought them to the hospital.
Concurrently, at the hospital, Aubree received a call from her subordinate.
“Ms. Pearson, we saw Roxanne driving toward a hospital.”
She glanced at Lucian, who was sitting outside, and asked in a low voice, “Which one?”
The subordinate replied, “I think it’s Primo Hospital.”
Primo Hospital was the best private hospital in Horington. It was also where Aubree was currently staying.
When she heard Roxanne was heading to her location, a glimmer of light flashed across Aubree’s eyes. “How long before they arrive?”
“About five minutes.”
“Got it. Continue to follow her. When she arrives at the entrance, give me a call.”
“Roger.”
Upon hanging up the call, Aubree put the phone aside and carefully glanced at Lucian. Seeing how he wasn’t paying attention to her, she shifted her gaze to the cup on the table and reached for it.
Lucian was focusing on checking his company mailbox and didn’t notice what she was doing.
Suddenly, a crashing sound was heard.
It was soon followed by Aubree’s suppressed exclamation.
That prompted him to turn back immediately and look inside the ward.
He saw the cup he had just filled with water was shattered to pieces on the ground. Aubree was seen half leaning against the table. She appeared shocked as she stared at the cup silently.
His eyebrows furrowed as he entered the ward to take care of the mess.
“Lucian.” She looked at him timidly and apologetically. “Did I disturb your work? I saw you were focused on your work, so I tried to grab the cup myself instead of calling for you. I underestimated how freely I could move. It’s my fault for accidentally shattering the cup and disturbing your work.”
Then she tried to clean up the mess herself. “Your work is important. I can take care of it myself. You should go back to work.”
Lucian blocked her hand and uttered in a deep voice, “Since I’ve been asked to take care of you, you can just call for me if you need me. If you try to force yourself, you’ll only cause me more trouble.”
Aubree bit her lip and stood at the side.
Once the mess was taken care of, he grabbed a new cup, filled it with water, and put it in her hand.
“Call me if you need me.” Then he turned around, preparing to leave.
She glanced at the time. Roxanne’s about to arrive! Her heart wavered before she called out, “Lucian!”
He stopped, turned back, and stared at her. “Yeah?”
With embarrassment present on her face, she lowered her eyes. “I don’t want to disturb your work, but after thinking about it for a bit, I think that you’re right. If I keep being stubborn, I will only cause you more trouble. So, I won’t anymore. Can you accompany me to find a doctor? I think my arm isn’t feeling too well.”
Lucian’s eyebrows furrowed. “What’s wrong?”
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.
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