Just as she was at a loss, sudden movement sounded from the children’s room out of the blue. Both their breaths caught.
As the sounds of the footsteps drew increasingly nearer to the door, Lucian’s brows scrunched together. Dropping his hold on the woman in his arms, he resumed a proper sitting position expressionlessly.
Finally, Roxanne was free of the man’s restraint. Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she heard the click of the children’s room door opening.
When the thought of the distance between her and Lucian then occurred to her, her heart jolted once more. She hastily sprang up from the couch and stood at the side.
In the next heartbeat, the children’s room door slowly opened. Benny plodded out of the room groggily while muttering, “Mommy…”
He was sick in the first place and wasn’t feeling well, so even his sleep wasn’t that peaceful. He automatically woke up after sleeping for a while and subconsciously wanted to seek his mother out.
At his juvenile voice, Roxanne swept a gaze over Lucian on the couch before she hastened over to him. “I’m here. What’s wrong?”
Benny burrowed into her embrace. As he sensed the warmth of her hug, drowsiness assailed him again.
“Why are you here, Mommy?” Vaguely making out Lucian’s back on the couch, he sensed something amiss. But he could only mumble that question since he was so sleepy that he couldn’t keep his eyes open anymore.
Hearing his question, Roxanne couldn’t help recalling her experience a moment ago. She stiffened slightly. “I came out to get some water.”
Benny frowned suspiciously, still finding something off about it all. Nonetheless, he couldn’t be bothered to dwell upon it as drowsiness flooded him. His head tipped to the side, and he fell asleep in her arms.
Sensing a heaviness on her shoulder, Roxanne breathed a sigh of relief. She lifted her hand and stroked his head. Carrying him in her arms, she went into the room.
Both Archie and Estella were sleeping soundly, their sleep undisrupted by Benny.
Roxanne placed Benny back onto the bed before tucking the blankets around the other two children.
She touched their foreheads, only to discover that their fever had subsided. Relief flashed across her eyes.
As she gazed at their sleeping countenances, the pressure brought by Lucian earlier gradually faded.
Seeing that it was already late, with only an hour left until dawn broke, she decided to stay in their room and keep watch over them.
If I were to return to Lysa’s room, I’d have to go past the living room. In other words, I’d inevitably bump into Lucian again. After what happened just now, I really don’t know how to face him anymore.
Following that line of thought, Roxanne felt a sense of heaviness within her.
On the bed, Estella suddenly turned over.
The movement snagged her attention, and Roxanne slowly snapped back to her senses, thinking that the little girl was about to rouse.
But in the next second, she heard Estella muttering pitifully, “Mommy…”
At her voice, Roxanne’s heart clenched painfully.
From what Lucian said, she had seemingly never laid eyes on her mother from the moment she was born. I wonder what kind of woman it was who could be so cruel to abandon such an adorable daughter…
In the living room, Lucian likewise stayed up the entire night. Early the next morning, the children saw Roxanne in the room as soon as they woke up.
“Mommy!” Benny cried out in a juvenile voice. Then, he added happily, “I dreamed about you last night!” When Roxanne heard that, her expression stiffened for a moment.
If I’m not wrong, the so-called dream he had of me refers to when he came out of the room last night. If he were to learn that it wasn’t a dream, I wonder what he would think…
While she was fretting about that, Benny’s voice rang out once more. “Hmm, it doesn’t seem like a dream.”
After saying that, he lifted his head and stared at her with curiosity etched across his features. “Did I go out of the room last night, Mommy?”
As he spoke, a mixture of emotions brewed within Roxanne. Upon hearing that question, she instinctively wanted to deny it. But on second thought, it occurred to her that she couldn’t possibly fool Archie and Benny. Therefore, she could only nod helplessly.
“I saw you and Mr. Farwell in the living room. What were you two talking about, Mommy?” Benny wore an innocent expression on his face.
Words eluded Roxanne.
I just knew that he would ask that, but I never expected him to be so straightforward.
As the events of last night replayed in her mind, Roxanne’s face gradually flushed bright red.
Archie and Estella were entirely ignorant of whatever happened last night. The instant they heard Benny speaking of it, curiosity showed on their faces.
Upon noticing the blush staining her face right then, they were all the more eager to hear her answer.
We’ve already tried our utmost best, but their relationship remained stagnant. We initially thought they would persist in a stalemate for a long time, but from what Benny said, they were alone last night. In addition, one of them even blushed at the mention of the events that transpired yesterday night!
No matter how naïve they were, they could still surmise that something must have happened last night.
Sensing their enthusiastic gazes, Roxanne felt all the more conflicted.
Just as she was wondering how she should explain things to them, someone pushed open the door from outside. Subsequently, Lucian walked in with a frown.
At the sight of him, the children grew significantly sedate. Conversely, Roxanne had mixed feelings about it.
His sudden appearance meant that she no longer had to face the trio’s interrogation alone.
But at the same time, she couldn’t help recalling the events that transpired last night when she laid eyes on him. Tensing all over, she reflexively avoided Lucian’s gaze.
“Good morning, Mr. Farwell,” Archie and Benny greeted Lucian politely.
Lucian inclined his head a fraction. His gaze then swept over Roxanne before stilling on the children. “How do you all feel? Is there still any discomfort?”
In response, the children shook their heads obediently. “Nope!”
Only then did Roxanne belatedly jolt back to her senses.
As soon as they woke up, they started interrogating me relentlessly to the point that I forgot all about checking them over. I only remember now after listening to their conversation with Lucian.
In light of her concern for the children’s condition, she suppressed the strange feeling within her. Under the different looks in the eyes of Lucian and the trio, she walked over to the latter. “Let me check you guys over.”
It was clear as day that the children had all recovered fully. Hearing that, they docilely lifted their arms and allowed her to check them over. All the while, they stared at her with merriment dancing in their eyes.
Roxanne forced herself to ignore their gazes and checked them over, one after another. Upon seeing that the red spots on their bodies had already faded, she breathed a sigh of relief.
After the examination, Roxanne stood up and asked Lucian to leave, not giving him any more opportunity to speak to the kids.
“Since it’s already morning, you should hurry up and bring Essie home, Mr. Farwell. You should thoroughly sanitize your house and do it as soon as possible.”
There was no room left to object to her suggestion. Lucian raised his brows while wearing an indifferent expression. Then, he gazed downward at Estella.
She pouted in reluctance. “You can go back on your own, Daddy.” Estella was still feeling a little insecure after having just recovered from the sudden and severe illness last night.
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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