Aubree replied apologetically, “It’s my fault. I think I touched my arm’s fractured spot when grabbing the cup earlier. I don’t know if it’s affected or not.”
As she spoke, her face was filled with caution and self-blame.
It was as though she was really blaming herself for causing more trouble for Lucian and disturbing his work.
He stared at her plastered arm and nodded indifferently. “Let’s go.”
Gratefulness colored Aubree’s face when he agreed. However, her mind was thinking about something else. If we go out now, we’ll definitely meet up with that b*tch later. I want to see if that b*tch still has the gall to cling onto him after seeing how he’s taking care of me!
When Roxanne arrived at the hospital, she wanted to carry Benny in. However, the boy was afraid that she would get tired, so he insisted on walking in by himself. She had no choice but to let him do it.
After the boys got the number, she brought them to the second floor.
“How are you feeling? Does your stomach still hurt a lot?” Roxanne asked with care as they walked.
He didn’t want his mother to worry, so even though his stomach was still aching, he shook his head silently.
It wasn’t enough to fool her that he was pretending. Her eyes were filled with worry.
The elevator just so happened to stop at their floor when the three of them arrived.
“Is your arm still in pain?”
When the elevator door opened, a familiar voice entered their ears.
Roxanne, Archie, and Benny turned to the elevator subconsciously.
When they looked into the elevator, they saw Aubree and Lucian standing next to each other. Aubree’s arm was in a cast. She was wearing a big jacket and a thin patient’s gown underneath.
Lucian wore a shirt with rolled-up sleeves, revealing his slender yet strong arm. His attention was focused on the person next to him.
Roxanne and the children were stunned when they saw the two of them.
While they knew of the couple’s marriage, it was the first time they saw the two of them acting so intimately with each other.
Lucian’s jacket was placed on Aubree’s body, and his attention was drawn to her injured arm. It was pretty apparent how much he cared about her.
The three of them suddenly felt complicated.
Roxanne felt like laughing at herself. I know it’s just a matter of time before they marry each other. I also know how much he obsessed over her six years ago. And yet, just because he treated me nicely after I returned to this country, I started doubting his relationship with her. I wonder how the reporter who caught me going to the hospital with Lucian last time will report this encounter. Even though I was mistaken to be his fiancée last time, from a certain point of view, in those pictures, I’m Aubree’s body double. In fact, he treats Aubree far better than how he treats me! Now that I think about it, it really is funny that I doubted his relationship.
Benny and Archie tightened their fists secretly as they stared at the couple with disdain. Bad Daddy! He doesn’t want to be with Mommy, yet he treats other women so well! This one bullied Mommy before!
The couple inside the elevator strolled out. They seemed not to have noticed Roxanne and her children at all.
Aubree’s eyebrows furrowed as she apologized, “I’m still feeling well. Maybe I was a little too anxious earlier. I think it’s fine even if we don’t visit a doctor…”
As she spoke, her peripheral vision simultaneously brushed past Roxanne. The moment she finished speaking, she smiled and turned to the front. Her eyes met with Roxanne’s, Archie’s, and Benny’s.
Lucian was still ignorant of the family’s presence. When he heard what Aubree said, his eyebrows furrowed. “Better to be safe than sorry.”
After all, it was his mother who caused the injury, so he had to be thorough with his care.
The conversation sounded as though Aubree didn’t want to visit the doctor and that Lucian was the one who urged her to do so.
He didn’t mind what she said.
When he finished talking, he turned to the front.
His expression changed the moment his line of sight landed on the family in front of him.
“What a coincidence, Ms. Jarvis. Are you… feeling unwell? Or is it your child who’s feeling sick?” Aubree greeted casually as she inconspicuously raised her unharmed arm and pulled the jacket on her down.
Roxanne returned to her senses and protected her children behind her back. She gave Aubree a distant smile. “There’s no need for you to worry, Ms. Pearson. It’s just a minor illness.”
Then she glanced at Lucian. “It seems like you’re busy with Mr. Farwell. I won’t bother the both of you further.”
Without waiting for their replies, she grabbed her children and attempted to escape the couple’s line of sight.
After she took two steps away, Lucian spoke. “Are Benny and Archie not feeling well?”
His gaze brushed past the children and saw Benny’s pale face. He also noticed the boy was holding his abdomen with darkened eyes.
The pale-faced boy turned around and uttered in an angry tone, “It’s just a stomachache! You should just take that lady to the doctor, Mr. Farwell. There’s no need for you to pay attention to us!”
It was pretty obvious he was angry. The corridor was silent as his voice echoed in the stairwell.
Sensing the hostility from the child, Lucian furrowed his eyebrows. He wasn’t sure what he was doing wrong that made them unhappy.
Even though they hadn’t met for a while, the children were treating him with even greater antagonism.
Roxanne could tell her son’s voice was getting louder, so she quickly moved him to her back and apologized to the passersby. Only then did she turn to Lucian and Aubree. “I’m sorry, Benny isn’t feeling well, so he’s in a bad mood right now. I hope you two will forgive him.”
The incident where Archie and Benny were expelled from kindergarten for no apparent reason still haunted her.
It was why she didn’t want Aubree to find an excuse to give the children trouble, especially when Lucian seemed like he was getting pretty close to Aubree.
She thought it would be for the best if she treated the couple with respect.
Her submissive attitude caused Lucian’s expression to darken slightly. He furrowed his eyebrows silently. I can’t believe this woman is asking me to forgive the children. Does she think I’m going to do bad things to them? Is the time we spent with each other not enough for her to know what kind of person I am?
Thinking about how Roxanne thought of him made his expression darken. The surrounding temperature was lowered.
Aubree was the closest and first to experience that pressure. As she glanced at Lucian, she clenched her fist. However, she put on a kind facade, stared at Benny, and asked caringly, “He looks pretty awful. Is his illness serious?”
Then she shifted her gaze to Roxanne and mentioned casually, “If you need any help, I can introduce you to an impressive pediatrician. Of course, if Lucian also is willing to help out, it’ll be great! The doctors he knows are all great.”
Lastly, when she finished speaking, she aimed her line of sight at her cast.
It was her way of telling Roxanne that her doctor was found by Lucian.
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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