The children were amused to see each other in their respective costumes. They tilted their heads and urged Roxanne, “Where’s your costume, Mommy?”
They looked as if they had just walked out of a fairytale when they had the costumes on.
The little ones could not wait to see what Roxanne would look like when she put on hers.
Roxanne smiled faintly and went to her bedroom with her outfit.
Not long after, she walked out of the room.
Brimming with excitement, the children looked over when they heard the sound of the door opening
To their confusion, they noticed Roxanne was still wearing the same clothes as earlier
*The costume fits me well.” Upon noucing the expressions on their faces, Roxanne grinned, “I’ll only wear the costume tomorrow. All right, kids. It’s time for bed.
Change back to your clothes now.”
Archie, Benny, and Estella reluctantly ran their fingers over their costumes and went to their rooms.
When Roxanne was about to take Estella to the shower after helping her remove her outfit, the girl popped a question. “I wonder what Daddy’s costume is?”
Upon hearing that, Roxanne paused and kept mum for a few seconds. She then gave Estella a smile and said, “It will be a prince’s costume, of course. I’m sure you’ll see what he looks like tomorrow.”
Estella nodded, but she seemed a little distracted.
Roxanne could not tell what was on the girl’s mind, but she decided not to pry and took her straight to the bathroom.
During the shower, Roxanne told her the Sleeping Beauty story.
Estella raised a doubt after listening to the story, “Does Sleeping Beauty like the prince, Ms. Jarvis?”
That question rendered Roxanne speechless.
According to the fairytale, Sleeping Beauty lived with the prince after being woken up by his kiss. However, it did not clarify anything about their relationship.
She had no clue if Sleeping Beauty was fond of the prince.
While Roxanne was still trying to think of an answer, Estella asked her another question, “How about you, Ms. Jarvis? Do you like Daddy?”
Estella kept bombarding her with burning questions to the point where Roxanne could not react to them.
“Can you stop running away from us, Ms. Jarvis?” Estella’s voice echoed in the bathroom. “I like you very much, but you don’t seem to like Daddy. What did Daddy do wrong?”
Roxanne stayed silent for quite some time before answering hesitantly, “No, he didn’t do anything wrong.”
“Then why are you avoiding us?” Estella insisted on getting to the bottom of the matter.
Roxanne responded with a cursory grin. “I’m not avoiding anyone. I was just caught up with work. Besides, I don’t hate your daddy, We’ve been getting along well in the last few days, haven’t we?”
Estella was going to say something else, but Roxanne interrupted her, “It’s late. We have to get up early tomorrow. Let’s hurry up and wash up and go to bed.”
It was obvious that Roxanne didn’t want to continue with the topic. Estella’s eyes turned dark, but she listened to Roxanne obediently and said nothing else.
She slept with Roxanne. As she rarely had the chance to sleep with Roxanne, she slept soundly that night. Roxanne, however, couldn’t help but recall Estella’s innocent question. .
What did Lucian do wrong?
There was only one answer that she could think of to that question. Other than the fact that he didn’t like her, he didn’t seem to have done anything else to hurt her.
However, that alone was enough to make Roxanne keep a distance from him.
Besides, Sonya and Aubree had also been keeping an eye on her.
Roxanne did not sleep well that night as thoughts flooded her mind, and she woke up very early the next day.
Meanwhile, Estella was still snuggled next to Roxanne, sleeping soundly.
Roxanne’s gaze softened and her heart ached as she looked at Estella by her side.
She didn’t know why Estella was so dependent on her right after their first meeting.
At one point, she felt as if she had done something wrong to Estella because she couldn’t be hard on Estella no matter what.
“Ms. Jarvis.” Just as Roxanne was lost in her thoughts, Estella woke up in a daze.
Roxanne returned to her senses and stretched out her hand to touch Estella’s tiny little face. “You’re awake.”
Estella nodded in response, struggling to open her sleepy eyes.
Roxanne couldn’t help but laugh at the sight of that.
She had wanted to let Estella sleep for a little longer, but when she thought about helping the children to change into their costumes and do their makeup, she had no
choice but to wake Estella up.
Estella obediently followed Roxanne into the bathroom to wash up.
After that, Roxanne gave Estella simple make-up. Then she applied some heavier colors to Estella’s face and drew some patterns at the corner of Estella’s eyes, which made the latter look more like a little witch.
Once that was completed, Roxanne braided Estella’s curly hair into a thick braid and secured it at the back of Estella’s head before helping her to put on the witch’s black hat.
“Okay. Let’s wake Archie and Benny up!” Roxanne brought Estella with her to knock on Archie and Benny’s door.
Archie and Benny were already awake and had already changed into their costumes.
When they opened the door and saw the little witch in front of them, they were astonished. “Essie looks like a real witch!”
Estella shyly moved to Roxanne’s side when the two boys complimented her.
Roxanne touched Estella’s soft face and urged Archie and Benny, “It’s your turn now. We’re running out of time. We must be quick.”
Archie and Benny quickly agreed and followed Roxanne to do their make-up.
After helping Archie and Benny with their make-up, Roxanne did simple make-up on herself and changed into her costume. Then she had a quick breakfast before rushing toward the kindergarten with the three children.
When they arrived, Lucian’s car was already stopped in front of the kindergarten
entrance.
Lucian got out of his car calmly when he saw them getting out of the vehicle.
Instead of doing his makeup, Lucian had only changed into his costume and styled his hair. There was also a brilliant-looking sword attached to the waist of his costume, which made him look like a prince from a fairytale.
Archie, Benny, and Estella were dumbfounded by his appearance.
choice but to wake Estella up.
Estella obediently followed Roxanne into the bathroom to wash up.
After that, Roxanne gave Estella simple make-up. Then she applied some heavier colors to Estella’s face and drew some patterns at the corner of Estella’s eyes, which made the latter look more like a little witch.
Once that was completed, Roxanne braided Estella’s curly hair into a thick braid an secured it at the back of Estella’s head before helping her to put on the witch’s blac) hat.
“Okay. Let’s wake Archie and Benny up!” Roxanne brought Estella with her to knoc on Archie and Benny’s door.
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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