Filed to story: Leaving the Country After Divorce Novel (Lucian & Roxanne)
Sonya felt bad for her. “Don’t be afraid. I’ll head back home to deal with the matter right away.”
On the way back from the café, Sonya grew more worried the more she thought about it. Hence, when Elias got off work, she called him to go to the manor together.
Lucian went to pick up Estella after work. As soon as the two entered the door, they noticed the elderly Farwells sitting on the couch with a solemn expression. It was apparent that they had something to say.
“Dad, Mom, why didn’t you tell me you were coming over? Is there a problem?” Lucian queried in puzzlement.
Those words had barely left his mouth when Sonya nodded solemnly. “There’s something we wish to talk to you about.”
Upon seeing the grave expression on his mother’s face, Lucian knitted his brows. He turned his head and handed Estella to Catalina to allow her to take the little girl upstairs first.
Catalina obliged. Estella also greeted her grandparents obediently before following her caretaker upstairs.
Lucian sat down on the single couch beside his parents. “What’s the matter that made you come here so late?”
“Is Roxanne back?” Sonya went straight to the point.
When he heard that, Lucian’s gaze darkened as he admitted frankly, “Yes, we have met.”
As expected, Sonya snorted and continued to ask, “Why didn’t you tell us? Don’t tell me you still want to get back with her!”
Lucian’s frown deepened, but he did not answer right away.
Sonya’s heart lurched when he kept silent. “I don’t care what you think, but I’ll never agree to let that woman be a part of our family! Back then, she left without a word and even had the heart to abandon her child. Now, she wants to come back? I’ll never allow it! If I allow it, what do we do if history repeats itself? Although you can accept it, Essie has already grown up. Can she bear it?”
After she finished speaking, she waited for a while. Yet, she received no response from her son.
Sonya’s expression changed as she tried to persuade him by bringing up Estella.
“Think carefully about what Essie had gone through all these years. The child had a weak constitution since childhood. What do you think is the reason for that? If that woman had taken good care of her for some time after giving birth before sending her back, I wouldn’t say anything. However, she just abandoned Essie like that, causing the child to be in poor health. Luckily, we have the means and managed to improve Essie’s health after much effort. But as a result, Essie developed an autistic temperament and was called a bastard child without a mother outside. Do you think this will not lead to the worsening of her autism? It’s all because of that woman! Should you insist on letting her come back, I’ll take Essie to our place and raise her. In any case, I’ll never hand Essie over to her!”
After saying that and seeing her son’s lack of reaction, Sonya looked at her husband anxiously.
She had deliberately brought Elias there because she knew that his words were more effective than her own.
Elias also felt sorry for his granddaughter, so he said earnestly after hearing his wife’s words, “Your mom is right. I won’t care about your other matters, but I’m concerned about letting that woman come back and take care of Essie. You should consider it carefully.”
Upon hearing his father’s words, Lucian finally reacted and looked up to meet their gaze.
Sonya secretly sighed with relief, thinking that he had listened to their advice. At the thought of Aubree’s aggrieved look that afternoon, she could not help but utter, “It’s all thanks to Aubree for staying by your side all these years. She even helped to take care of Essie and did all she could for us as though she were our biological daughter. From this perspective, how is she not better than Roxanne? A girl’s youth doesn’t last forever. You can’t just keep her waiting.”
Lucian remained silent until the couple had finished speaking before stating calmly, “You’re overthinking things. I’ve no plans to let Roxanne come back.”
At least not now.
While his parents were speaking earlier, he kept thinking about his interactions with Roxanne during this period and concluded that most of them were because of Estella.
As that thought occurred to him, Lucian strangely felt a little ironic.
Judging from Roxanne’s attitude when we first met, she would’ve probably avoided me if it wasn’t for Essie’s presence, and the matter that my parents are worried about now is even less likely to happen.
Sonya’s expression lightened up a little when she heard her son’s words. “I’m glad to hear that. In terms of Aubree, when do you plan to settle down with her? The sooner you do that, Estella will have someone to take care of her.”
Lucian frowned as he turned her down, “Compared to Roxanne, I’m more worried about leaving Essie to Aubree. Essie has always distanced herself from her, so I still need to consider carefully about marriage.”
However, Sonya made nothing out of it. “Isn’t Essie distancing herself from Aubree because you’ve been unwilling to accept her? If you had married her earlier and let her spend more time with Essie, they would ultimately develop a good relationship. Besides, we can tell that Aubree had always been devoted to caring for Essie all these years.”
Hearing this, Lucian knitted his brows a little impatiently. “Let’s talk about this later. I’m tired.”
Over the years, although Aubree had always acted innocent and harmless before them and treated Estella well, he did not think that the little girl would avoid her for no reason, aside from not having any feelings for Aubree.
Now that his mother kept mentioning her, it only annoyed him further.
Sonya sighed as her remaining words were cut off by him. “We won’t force you either. In any case, you should think about it carefully. Before that, let us take care of Essie first.”
After speaking, she raised her voice to instruct Catalina to bring Estella down from upstairs and extended her hand toward the little girl with a smile.
Unaware of the confrontation between the adults, Estella obediently buried herself in her grandmother’s embrace.
“Be good, Essie, and come over to our house to play for two days, okay?” Sonya affectionately pinched Estella’s chubby cheek.
The little girl blinked blankly and instinctively looked at her father.
Lucian’s expression tensed. “Essie’s living well at home, Mom. I can also take good care of her.”
Sonya was displeased. “You know very well why I want to take Essie away. Besides, your father and I miss her. So what if we want her to go over and accompany us for two days?”
Elias said in a deep voice to defuse the tense situation, “I heard that Essie has just recovered from being sick, and you have been very busy these days, so let us take care of her first.”
Hearing his father’s words, Lucian could not help but feel troubled.
He naturally knew that his mother intended not to let Estella have any interactions with Roxanne, but he also could not refute what his father said.
While he remained silent, Sonya got up and left with Estella in her arms.