The butler understood what he meant and promptly grabbed the luggage before following the two visitors into the living room.
At that moment, Sonya was having lunch. When she saw the visitors, she put her fork down in confusion. “What’s going on? Why is there a suitcase?”
As she spoke, she glanced at her son with dissatisfaction. She then approached Aubree, brought her to the dining table, and asked the butler to prepare two extra sets of cutleries.
“Did Lucian make you upset? Why did you suddenly move out?” Sonya asked caringly.
Aubree glanced at the person standing at the entrance, then shook her head while flashing a forceful smile. “No. Lucian was nice to me.”
Sonya was skeptical when she heard that. “Then what’s going on?”
She was aware that Aubree had feelings for her son, so she had thought that the younger woman would be happy for being able to stay at the Farwell residence.
Yet, Aubree had moved out unhappily just two days later.
The only possibility Sonya could think of was that her son had given the younger woman a bad time again.
However, that couldn’t be true because Aubree had just praised Lucian.
Upon seeing Aubree’s considerate demeanor, Sonya shot a reproachful glance at Lucian, who was still standing in the living room. “Didn’t I ask you to take good care of Aubree?”
Lucian nodded indifferently. “I sent her here precisely because of that.”
Sonya furrowed her brows. “What do you mean?”
“Essie got sick last night due to an allergic reaction to an unknown bacterium. The doctor said that the bacterium is very infectious. While the house has been disinfected, I can’t say for certain whether the bacterium is truly gone. She might get infected if she stayed there, so I sent her here.”
He did not plan to let his mother know that Estella was at Roxanne’s place. Otherwise, it would only bring unnecessary trouble to Roxanne.
Sonya’s attention, however, was captured by his first sentence. She asked anxiously, “Essie’s sick? How is she doing right now? Why did you only tell me this now?”
“She’s fine already. The doctor I brought her to is very skillful.”
Only then did Sonya let out a sigh of relief. She nodded and said, “All right, Aubree can stay at my place for now.”
Aubree scrunched up her eyebrows upon hearing Sonya agree to Lucian’s arrangement. She wanted to say something, but the older woman was not looking at her.
“Sit down and eat with us,” Sonya said to Lucian. Aubree’s eyes sparkled when she heard that. She thought Sonya would use the opportunity to speak good things about her.
Holding that thought, she looked at Lucian with anticipation. “You’ve been busy for the whole morning, Lucian. I bet you’re tired. Come over here and have a little something.”
Lucian looked at the two women expressionlessly and said, “No, thanks. I still need to pick up Essie. You two enjoy.” Then he turned around with the intention of leaving.
The moment he did that, Sonya called out to him and stopped him.
“You should visit Aubree when you have the time and help put in a good word for her in front of Mr. Pearson if you can,” Sonya said.
Lucian, with his back facing the women, frowned with annoyance, replied with a deep grunt, and strode away.
In the car, he hesitated for a while before driving to Roxanne’s place.
Roxanne was having lunch with the children.
Because of what Benny had said earlier, the children had been staring at her inquisitively the whole morning and would follow her wherever she went.
Fearing that they would bring up the incident last night again, Roxanne could only try her best to find them something to do.
She felt mentally and physically exhausted.
It was the first time she had felt so tired of taking care of the children, thanks to Lucian.
“Mommy,” Benny suddenly called her.
Upon returning to her senses, Roxanne looked at him in confusion.
“Is Mr. Farwell going to have lunch with us?” Anticipation was written all over Benny’s face.
He recalled that his mother had only asked his father to return to the manor to disinfect the place. Since Essie’s at our place right now, Daddy will probably come to our place at noon!
Roxanne was momentarily speechless. Why does he think Lucian will join us for lunch out of nowhere?
“He probably—” Just as she was going to say it was unlikely he would come, the doorbell rang.
Quickly, Benny leaped from his chair and scampered to the door. “It must be Mr. Farwell!”
Roxanne was overwhelmed with mixed emotions when she looked at how excited he was.
She had thought Benny would be very disappointed if the person at the door weren’t Lucian. However, she soon heard the boy’s cheerful voice. “Mr. Farwell!”
Taken aback, Roxanne stood up and looked toward the door.
There, she saw Lucian standing calmly in the same shirt as he had worn that morning. His big hand was gently placed on Benny’s head as he looked at her.
When their eyes met, Roxanne averted her gaze. She recalled what had happened last night and wondered how to face him.
Lucian’s timing is impeccable. I can’t just let Essie leave with him in the middle of a meal. But if I share a meal with him, the children will undoubtedly notice my odd behavior.
Just as she was deciding what to do, Benny enthusiastically extended an invitation to Lucian. “Come and eat with us, Mr. Farwell!”
Roxanne’s heart skipped a beat when she heard that.
Lucian cocked an eyebrow and replied meaningfully, “I would love to, but I think you should still ask your Mommy about this.”
Since Benny had asked Lucian to join them, there was no reason for Roxanne to refuse. She forced a smile and said, “You’re just in time, Mr. Farwell. Please join us.”
With that, she walked into the kitchen to take another set of cutleries. Standing alone in the kitchen, Roxanne couldn’t help but be a little distracted.
Meanwhile, Benny led Lucian to take a seat at the table. However, Roxanne did not come out of the kitchen for quite some time, leaving Lucian with no cutleries. Puzzled, the boys urged, “Mommy?”
The children’s voices immediately pulled Roxanne back to reality. She quickly composed herself and walked out. Everyone at the table turned to look at her in unison.
Lucian’s eyes darkened when he saw Roxanne’s expression. Roxanne placed the cutleries in front of Lucian before returning to her seat under everyone’s gazes, all the while pretending to be calm.
None of the adults spoke first. Even the children were suddenly at a loss for what to say. They could only exchange glances and shift their gazes between Roxanne and Lucian, hoping one of them would break the silence.
Sensing the children’s hopeful gazes, Lucian suppressed his displeasure and said grimly, “I’ve asked Aubree to move out.”
Everyone was stunned by his words. Roxanne looked up at Lucian in surprise, her hand holding a fork pausing mid-air.
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