Roxanne fell head over heels for me six years ago, but I was so caught up with repaying the Pearson family’s kindness that I ignored her completely. I bet she went through the exact same pain that I’m experiencing now… Well, I suppose it makes sense that she doesn’t see how well I’m treating her right now.
With an apologetic look in his eyes, Lucian held her hand and gave it a gentle squeeze.
He was about to say something when Roxanne furrowed her brows all of a sudden.
The next thing he knew, she woke up and struggled to cover her mouth with her hand, but it was too late. She then bent over the side of the bed and began vomiting.
As Roxanne instinctively tightened her grip on Lucian’s hand, he wasn’t able to back away in time and got covered in vomit.
At the sight of Roxanne’s pale expression, Lucian leaned in to look into her eyes with a frown. “How is it? Do you feel any better?”
In her condition, Roxanne couldn’t hear him at all. After vomiting, she collapsed onto her bed and mumbled, “Ugh, it feels terrible…”
Lucian’s heart ached for her when he heard that. After getting up to take off the shirt that she had puked on, he went out to wash his hands and poured her a cup of water for her to gargle with.
When he returned to the room, he saw Roxanne standing on her feet. She was taking off her clothes as if there was no one around. While doing so, she continued to mumble, “I… I want to shower.”
The sight of her stripping jolted Lucian back to his senses. He hurried to her side to hold her back. “Stop taking off your clothes.”
Annoyed, Roxanne threw him a look of displeasure and insisted, “I want to shower. Move aside!”
While she was speaking, she began to unbuckle her bra.
Lucian quickly looked away, stunned.
By the time he turned back around, Roxanne had already stumbled her way to the bathroom door and her slender body greeted his eyes in all its glory.
Stupefied by the scene, he could only gawk.
Since I last saw her six years ago, her figure has grown even more alluring.
The drunken Roxanne had even forgotten to close the bathroom door after entering. She turned on the shower and proceeded to bathe herself.
From inside the bedroom, Lucian watched everything she was doing with dark eyes.
Seeing that she was still behaving as if there was no one around, he closed the bathroom door with a sigh before cleaning up the mess in the room.
By the time he was done, Roxanne was still inside.
Knitting his brows at the puke she had left on his body, Lucian left the room to clean himself up.
No sooner had he stepped out than Roxanne emerged from the bathroom.
By then, the shower had helped her regain most of her senses.
When she noticed that the sheets on her bed had been changed, she was still in a bit of a daze.
Nevertheless, the irritation in her throat reminded her that she had just vomited.
But why aren’t there any signs of it in the room? Instead, the room looks very clean.
In her groggy state, Lucian’s face emerged in her mind.
While I was drunk, I seemed to have heard his voice. Did he really help me…
Holding that thought, Roxanne gave her head a forceful shake, hoping to dispel the thought from her head.
No way. There’s no way he would have taken care of me like that, and he changed my sheets! I can’t even imagine him changing his own sheets.
At that thought, Roxanne nipped that possibility in the bud.
However, she still couldn’t figure out who it was who had taken care of her.
Finally, she gave up guessing. After having had a lot to drink, she could still feel her head spinning.
Sleep was the only thing on her mind.
As a strong sense of drowsiness struck her, Roxanne turned off the lights in the room and went to bed.
When Lucian came out of the bathroom and saw that the lights in Roxanne’s room had been turned off, he checked on her out of concern. Only when he saw her soundly asleep did he quietly slip out of the room.
Before he left, Lucian went to the children’s room to check on them. As soon as he opened the door, he saw them chatting while holding a laptop in their arms.
At the sight of him, the boys closed the laptop and gave him a self-conscious look. “Mr. Farwell, what brings you here? Is Mommy all right?”
Lucian was still wearing the shirt Roxanne had puked on as he had no change of clothes, but his jacket managed to hide the dirty shirt from view. Looking at their anxious expressions, Lucian asked with a frown, “It’s getting late. Why aren’t you asleep?”
The boys exchanged glances. “We’ll go to sleep right away.” There was no way they would tell him that their concern over whether their parents would argue was what keeping them awake.
Regarding them inquisitively, Lucian said in a deep voice, “Your mommy is already asleep. I’ll be heading home now. You boys should go to bed soon.”
After that, he reminded them, “Don’t tell your mommy about what happened tonight.”
Despite agreeing to Lucian’s request, the boys were filled with disappointment.
They had initially hoped that Lucian would take care of their mother for the entire night, and when Roxanne saw him when she woke up, she would definitely be touched.
Unfortunately, their father was about to leave, and he even forbade them from telling their mother about it.
At the rate they’re going, when will Daddy and Mommy ever reconcile?
Only after making sure the children were asleep did Lucian leave.
By the time he returned to the Farwell residence, Estella was already in dreamland.
After changing his clothes, Lucian went to check on her.
Estella, who had been missing her father, did not sleep well and woke up the instant he entered her room. She rubbed her eyes and looked groggily in the direction of the door.
Lucian walked up to her bed and gave her hair a gentle tousle. “Did I wake you up?”
Estella shook her head, then wrinkled her nose as she sniffed the air. She looked up at her father with concern and asked, “Daddy, were you out drinking?”
Lucian was stunned by her question. He lowered his head to smell himself and realized he was indeed reeking of alcohol.
My clothes were probably tainted by the smell inside the car.
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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