“Essie, come over here. Your daddy will be here soon,” Pamela tried to convince Estella. “Ms. Jarvis…” Estella looked at Roxanne pitifully when Pamela tugged at her.
The way Estella addressed Roxanne made Pamela even more distressed. Oh, my. What exactly is the relationship between this woman and Essie? Out of anxiousness, Pamela increased her strength gradually.
Only then did Roxanne return to her senses and reach out to hold Pamela’s wrist. In a gentle voice, she said, “Don’t worry. I won’t do anything to Essie. If you are worried, you may call the security over.”
Pamela seemed somewhat hesitant upon hearing that. Estella seems to rely on this
woman very much. But Mr. Farwell’s tone on the phone just now… and this woman’s identity is still a mystery.
“I believe Mr. Farwell didn’t tell you to take Essie away from me just now. Did he?” Roxanne smiled at Pamela helplessly.
Pamela withdrew her hands slowly upon hearing that. Indeed, if this woman were dangerous to Essie, Mr. Farwell would have asked me to protect Essie immediately.
With that thought in mind, Pamela did nothing more but ask in puzzlement, “What exactly is your relationship with Essie?”
Roxanne flashed her a faint smile. “You will know when Mr. Farwell arrives.”
After all, Pamela only recognized Lucian’s statement at that moment. If Lucian refused to admit it, everything Roxanne said would only be a waste of time.. It might even deepen Pamela’s suspicions in her.
“Mr. Farwell will take some time to get here. Could you please bring me a medical kit? I want to treat the back of Essie’s hand,” Roxanne requested.
Hearing that, Pamela left to get the medical kit, but it suddenly occurred to her that she still had no idea who the person in front of her was, and she retracted her leg.
Roxanne could roughly guess what was on Pamela’s mind. Saying nothing, she held Estella’s injured hand and rubbed it carefully.
Twenty minutes later, Lucian’s car slowly pulled up in front of the kindergarten. The man’s expression remained deadpan as he descended from the car and slammed the door forcefully. Then, he strode toward Estella’s classroom with a storm brewing in his eyes.
Roxanne Jarvis! What is she doing here in Essie’s classroom? Didn’t she say she won’t interfere with Essie’s affairs anymore?
Lucian was furious at the thought of the last unpleasant separation and also Pamela’s words earlier. Meanwhile, Roxanne followed Pamela to the office and waited for Lucian’s arrival.
The red mark on Estella’s hand didn’t go away. Seeing that, Pamela requested someone to send a medical kit over.
Holding Estella in her arms, Roxanne applied the medication to the injured area and rubbed it gently for better absorption.
In the meantime, Pamela was watching them cautiously at the side. Pin-drop silence ensued in the office. Just then, someone knocked on the door of the office.
Several people in the office snapped back to their senses and looked at the door in unison.
Pamela went to open the door. Roxanne, on the other hand, tensed up. Her hand rubbing the medication on Estella’s injured area also froze.
“Mr. Farwell, you’re here.” Pamela’s heart skipped a beat when she saw the person at the door. After greeting him respectfully, she led him inside.
Feeling her heart in her throat, Roxanne lowered her head and dared not to look at the door. The office was so quiet that everyone could hear the footsteps clearly.
Hearing the sound of footsteps approaching her, Roxanne had no choice but to lift her head and look over. Not far away, Lucian stood there with a sneer and stared at her silently.
As their eyes met, Roxanne’s ears reddened. She stiffly carried Estella and stood up. “Mr. Farwell.”
Pamela was dumbfounded by how Roxanne addressed Lucian. She became increasingly puzzled about the relationship between the duo and even forgot to explain the current situation to Lucian.
Fortunately, the man had no plan to ask her and only stared intently at the woman opposite him.
“What do you mean by this, Ms. Jarvis? Have you forgotten what you said? Why did you show up at my daughter’s kindergarten?” He asked in a mocking tone.
Roxanne lowered her gaze and happened to see Estella’s injured hand. The scene of Estella being bullied earlier resurfaced in her mind.
At that instant, confidence imbued her, and she retorted furiously, “I’m the one who should ask that question, Mr. Farwell. You yourself know that Essie’s situation is not suitable for the new environment, yet you still insist on transferring her to another school. Look at what happened to Essie now. Is this how you have been taking care of her all these years, Mr. Farwell?”
Her words made Lucian confused. He knitted his brows and looked at the little one in Roxanne’s embrace. Estella had one of her hands around Roxanne’s neck and let the injured hand hang by her side, revealing the injury.
In no time, Lucian spotted the red mark on his girl’s hand, and his expression darkened.
Essie had injured the same hand when someone bullied her in the previous kindergarten. So what Roxanne is trying to say now is that Essie has been bullied by the others again this time.
Realizing that, Lucian shifted his gaze to Pamela and asked coldly, “What happened?”
Pamela didn’t expect him to throw such a question at her and panicked. After calming herself down, she answered, “Mr. Farwell, this was what happened. Essie had a conflict with the other children just now. The children are being too impulsive, so…”
Pamela had not been paying attention to Estella, and she dared not tell any lies in the face of Lucian’s gaze. Thus, half-way through her speech, she turned to cast a pleading look at Roxanne…
Roxanne had planned to talk to Lucian about it anyway, so when her eyes met with Pamela’s, she continued where Pamela trailed off.
“The kids crowded around Essie and said something to her. They even stepped on Essie’s hand. Essie resisted, but they pushed her down again. I only intervened when I couldn’t bear to watch it anymore.”
Roxanne could somewhat guess what the children had said to Estella, but she did not want to rub salt into the girl’s wound. As Roxanne gave Lucian the explanation, Lucian’s expression turned colder.
At the same time, the more Roxanne said, the angrier she became. She questioned, “The intense way the kids bullied Essie means that this has been going on for more than a day or two. Do you really not know anything about this, Mr. Farwell?”
Why did he put Essie in a school like this? Is it because he has decided to get together with Aubree and is planning to have another child with her? Is that why he’s neglecting her?
The thought of that possibility made Roxanne’s heart sink, and in her heartache, she tightened her grip around Estella. Lucian did not speak, but he strode toward her.
Instinctively, Roxanne wanted to move backward, but the couch was right behind her, and she could not do that. In no time, Lucian was right in front of her. Roxanne tensed.
Right as she was about to question him as to what he was trying to do, Lucian reached out to hold Estella’s injured hand.
After checking Estella’s injury, Lucian turned around and fixed his gaze on Pamela again. “Is this how your kindergarten looks after the children?”
Pamela’s heart lurched. She had always thought that Estella was not the kind of child to cause trouble, so she never put too much attention to her.
She did not expect other children to still be so hostile toward Estella despite her having done nothing to them. Now, trouble had come, and Lucian had found out about it. Pamela could not even summon the courage to defend herself.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Farwell. This is an oversight on my pa-” Before she could finish her sentence, Lucian interrupted her.
“The conflict between Essie and the kids isn’t something that happened recently, but you’ve only found out about it today. If the kindergarten can’t even handle the troubles in the children’s relationships, I don’t see the point in letting my daughter stay here any longer!”
At that, Pamela panicked. “Mr. Farwell, this is genuinely an oversight on my part. I’ll take note of this in the future. Please don’t put me in a tight spot like this.”
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.