Chapter 132 – The Abandoned Wife: Leaving the Country After Divorce Novel

Filed to story: Leaving the Country After Divorce Novel (Lucian & Roxanne)

Arching his brows, Lucian asked, “Do you like Archie and Benny very much?”

Estella nodded firmly in response.

Archie and Benny have been nice to me ever since our first meeting. They also protected me in kindergarten. With the two of them around, the other kids didn’t dare to bully me anymore. I feel like a princess of kindergarten now!

Estella’s eyes gleamed whenever Lucian mentioned the two boys.

He felt conflicted upon seeing Estella’s hopeful expression.

Still, it’s easier to let Estella interact more with Archie and Benny than to send her to recover at Roxanne’s house.

Thinking of that, Lucian felt relieved. “Since you like Archie and Benny so much, you can ask Catalina to prepare more snacks before going to school in the future. Then, you can share with the boys,” he suggested.

Estella tilted her head, unable to comprehend Lucian’s words for a moment.

Stroking Estella’s head, Lucian added, “You should be nice to Archie and Benny and play more with them since they have been treating you so kindly.”

Thinking of how kind the boys had been toward her all this while, Estella quickly nodded in response.

I have to treat Archie and Benny better so that they will play with me.

The following day when Roxanne woke up, she realized it was almost half past seven.

Immediately, she got out of bed and washed up. Without having time to eat breakfast, she hurriedly brought the kids to the kindergarten.

As Lysa was only in charge of picking the kids up, it was Roxanne’s job to send them to the kindergarten on the way to work.

In order to avoid Lucian, Roxanne had been leaving the house very early in the past few days.

However, she could not wake up that day because she had worked late the night before.

Thus, Roxanne spent her whole journey praying she could avoid seeing Lucian.

However, things did not go her way. When she got out of the car, a Bentley with a familiar-looking number plate stopped behind her car.

A moment later, Lucian brought Estella out of the car.

Roxanne could not help but quicken her pace, wanting to send the kids inside the kindergarten as soon as possible and leave unnoticed.

“Good morning, Ms. Jarvis!” Pippa greeted her warmly.

Upon hearing that, Roxanne’s heart sank as she stopped in her tracks.

Meanwhile, Lucian had already recognized the Mercedes-Benz in front of him when he got out of the car. When he looked over, he saw the figure of a woman leading two kids away.

It was obvious that the three were in a hurry. Thus, one would not believe it if Roxanne argued that she was not trying to avoid Lucian.

While standing hand in hand with her father, Estella’s eyes drooped as she stared at the ground. It looks like I won’t be seeing Ms. Jarvis today either.

Thus, when she heard the teacher’s words, her eyes lit up as she immediately looked toward the kindergarten entrance.

“Ms. Jarvis!” Lucian had come up with all sorts of ways to make talk that day, yet all it took was one look at Roxanne for Estella to yelp excitedly.

Furrowing his eyebrows mysteriously, Lucian loosened his grip on Estella’s hand and allowed her to run over to Roxanne.

Roxanne had stiffened upon hearing Estella’s voice and turned around a moment later.

Tilting her head to look up at Roxanne, Estella hugged onto her thigh, her eyes filled with excitement.

“You’re here, Essie.” Roxanne’s heart softened when she saw Estella’s face. Then, Roxanna squatted down to pat the little girl’s head.

Estella nodded with a smile before slowly asking, “Ms. Jarvis, why didn’t you pick Archie and Benny up from the kindergarten?” After saying that, she put up four fingers and added coquettishly, “Four days. I miss you a lot.”

Upon hearing that, Roxanne’s gaze softened as she struggled for an answer.

Although Roxanne knew Estella would be anxious if she did not see her, she also needed to avoid Lucian. Thus, Roxanne had no choice but to do so.

When Roxanne saw how upset Estella was, she felt guilty. After staying silent for a moment, she forced an excuse. “I miss you too. I’ve been busy with work lately, so I don’t have the time to pick them up from kindergarten. Don’t worry. You’ll soon see me every day after I finish my work.” After saying that, she averted her gaze in guilt.

However, Estella had taken her word seriously and nodded obediently. “I’ll wait for you!”

Roxanne forced a smile. “Good girl. You’re going to be late, so you should head inside with Archie and Benny.” After saying that, she could not help but advise her two children, “Remember to take good care of her.”

Archie and Benny were confused after seeing their mother’s attitude toward Estella. Thus, they hesitated for a moment before nodding obediently.

After seeing them entering the kindergarten, Roxanne stood up and nodded at Lucian, who was behind her, as a greeting. Then, she turned around and was about to leave.

However, a large hand grabbed her wrist after she had just taken two steps.

“Mr. Farwell, is there anything I can help you with?” Roxanne halted in her tracks and turned around to look at Lucian as if he was just a stranger.

Upon meeting her gaze, Lucian furrowed his eyebrows.

The attitude Roxanne had now was as distant as the time when they first got divorced. It was the same attitude that had caused Lucian to perform unexpected acts.

Back then, Lucian thought Roxanne would really disappear from his life if he did not attract her attention.

As Lucian did not answer, Roxanne tugged her wrist back with a frown. “If there’s nothing much, please let go of me. I still need to go to work.”

Both their outstanding looks quickly garnered attention. After all, not only were they attractive, but the parents of the kindergarten were not ordinary people. Thus, most of them knew who Lucian was.

Many of them had already turned around to look in their direction.

Roxanne feared it would be too scandalous if they continued to be seen with each other for another second longer.

If that happened, she would soon be facing a lot of trouble.

Lucian finally snapped to his senses when he noticed her struggle. While loosening the grip on her hands, he spoke with a complicated expression. “After talking with Estella yesterday, I realized that her speedy recovery was mostly because of your efforts. Thus, it’s only right for me to show you my appreciation.”

Not only was that an excuse to ask Roxanne to stay behind, but it was also something he meant from the bottom of his heart after his experience the day before.

At first, Lucian thought Roxanne was just someone to cheer Estella up by staying by her side. Thus, he did not expect Roxanne to bring such a significant impact on Estella.

It must have taken Roxanne a great deal of effort to make Estella talk again.

Upon hearing that, Roxanne replied blandly, “That’s all right. You have helped me quite a lot recently. Besides, I’ve told you that we don’t owe each other anything, so there’s no need for that.”

After saying that, Roxanne nodded before making her way past him and into the car.

“Perhaps, you can see the gesture as I’m trying to get on your good side,” Lucian started lowly.