Chapter 209 

“Are you in a bad mood, Mommy?” Archie and Benny looked at her with concern. 

Roxanne was taken aback. She thought she had hidden her emotions well in front of her kids, but they saw right through her ruse. 

“Why did you ask?” she asked nonchalantly, glancing at them in the rearview mirror. 

Archie‘s face creased in bewilderment. “You ignored Essie just now. Did Mr. Farwell annoy you?” 

The slightly unsettled feeling gnawed at the pit of her stomach at the mention of Lucian. 

She must have been really close with him during that period of time for Archie to have misunderstood 

Benny added, “Essie almost cried.” 

Roxanne drew her brows together in a frown, and her heart wrenched as she could only imagine Estella‘s pitiable face without seeing it for herself. 

wished she could apologize to Estella.

inclination to cut all ties

friendship, but she really wanted to

a casual peek at them and said, “Come out earlier after your classes end. I‘ll be busy for the time being,

answer and exchanged puzzled glances before nodding

Roxanne led them inside the house. She froze before

opened her mouth, but she noticed

Roxanne turned sideways to let her pass.

sucked in a deep breath, holding on to her temper by the thinnest of threads.

 

and invited her to

began her rant when Archie and Benny had gone upstairs after dinner. “I saw the news yesterday. What was Lucian trying to do?”

the question and

deciding to marry Aubree!” Madilyn slapped her hand against the table. “I thought he had turned over a new leaf when he sought you out. I never expected to see

known about Lucian and Aubree‘s betrothal, and she didn‘t mind when

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