Chapter 74 – The Abandoned Wife: Leaving the Country After Divorce Novel

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

Roxanne hesitated for a few seconds before telling Madilyn about everything that had happened today.

When she heard about Lucian being petty enough to take it out on the two kids, Madilyn was extremely pissed off. “What kind of man is he? How can he do that to kids? I won’t let this happen to my godsons! I’m going to tell him off.”

She was about to storm out of the house, but Roxanne quickly pulled her back.

They sat down on the couch and Roxanne chuckled. “It’s fine. I’ve already gone to talk to him. On the way back, I thought it through. You know what? This is a good chance to really cut things off with him. I don’t have to worry about him stealing the boys away from me anymore.”

However, Madilyn still couldn’t let it go. “What about Archie and Benny? How are you going to explain to them?”

Roxanne was still stressing out about that. She hesitated before replying, “I’ll come up with something.”

The two of them continued chatting about the matter for a little while until it got late and Madilyn went home.

Early the next day, the two kids woke up right on time and ate breakfast, waiting for their mother to send them to school.

Roxanne hadn’t slept for almost the entire night trying to come up with an excuse, but the moment she saw the two of them sitting there all bright-eyed, she almost cracked. Still, she went along with the excuse she had come up with. “I’ve been thinking about it and I feel like you two don’t have to go to kindergarten anymore since you guys are well past that stage. I’ll send you two to some specialty classes instead, okay?”

The two of them seemed like they didn’t really know what was going on.

Roxanne chuckled and said, “Benny, you’re interested in computing, right? How about I sign you up for computing classes? Archie, would you like to go for finance managing classes, or would the two of you prefer something else?”

The two kids finally realized what was going on and looked at their mother in confusion. “Why aren’t we going to kindergarten anymore, Mommy? We didn’t even say goodbye to Essie. If she doesn’t see us, she’ll definitely start crying.”

Roxanne felt her heart prickle at the memory.

Lucian had brought Estella over personally, and she had gotten along perfectly with her two sons. They all had a rather good time.

She was even worried that Lucian would sense something was off.

She definitely hadn’t expected something like this to happen just a few days later.

With this in mind, Roxanne shook her thoughts away and said, “I’ll talk to Essie for you guys, so why don’t you go get prepared? I need to stop by the school so they can do all the necessary procedures.”

The two boys still didn’t really know what was going on, but since their mother seemed to already have made up her mind, they just nodded.

Once Roxanne walked off, the two of them ran over to the house next door and knocked.

Madilyn opened the door and saw the two of them standing in her doorway. When she thought about what Roxanne had said last night, she couldn’t help but feel both guilty and pitiful at the same time.

She couldn’t withstand the two boys’ interrogation for long and told them everything.

When they heard that their father had expelled them from kindergarten, Archie’s and Benny’s expressions immediately darkened, and they began to look disappointed.

After learning the truth, the two of them bid goodbye to Madilyn and trotted home sadly.

Madilyn didn’t know she could be won over so easily. When she saw how disappointed the two kids were, she hurriedly applied for a leave from work and went over to accompany them.

Archie and Benny were completely down.

All this time, they had been under the impression that their father probably didn’t really hate them.

Now that they knew he had expelled them from school, they realized that he did actually hate their guts.

Benny couldn’t help but tear up at the thought, and his small hands clutched at the couch cover nervously, his small mouth pressed into a straight line.

Archie was also extremely disappointed, but he was slightly calmer compared to his brother.

When he saw the tears in Benny’s eyes, he began to comfort his brother. “Don’t cry over that bad man. If he doesn’t like us, then we shouldn’t like him either. Besides, Mommy doesn’t seem like she wants us to know about it, so let’s pretend like we don’t know, okay? Let’s not make her worry.”

Benny sniffed and nodded silently.

Meanwhile, Roxanne had just finished up at the kindergarten when she bumped into Lucian, who was sending Estella to school.

Estella looked as if she was in another mood and was pouting, barely letting her father drag her to school.

When their eyes met, Estella’s gaze lit up as if she were excited about something.

Roxanne’s heart lifted for a second but dropped again at the sight of the man next to the child.

The two of them quickly approached her.

Estella tugged at Roxanne’s skirt lightly as she looked up at the latter with watery eyes, as if waiting for her to say something.

Roxanne fell silent before stepping back slightly, removing her skirt from Estella’s grip. “Archie and Benny won’t be coming here anymore, so you should take care of yourself, okay? You can make friends with the other kids.”

She saw the light in Estella’s eyes slowly fading off as she spoke and Roxanne looked away, trying her best to sound calm. “I have to go to work. Goodbye.”

After that, she walked past them and was about to go back to her car when a large hand grabbed her wrist.

Roxanne stopped abruptly and turned back, meeting his gaze dully. “Is there something you need, Mr. Farwell?”

Lucian frowned. “Expelling the boys was not my idea. This is a misunderstanding.”

Roxanne scoffed at that. “I can’t believe you’re still trying to defend yourself now, Mr. Farwell. I’m willing to hear your excuses, though. Who’s the lucky one you chose to frame this time?”

Lucian didn’t seem annoyed at her tone and said in a deep voice, “I asked Cayden to look into it. This is all because of Aubree. Because of what I said previously, the head of kindergarten was under the assumption that I was okay with it.”

Lucian trailed off, full of regret about what he had said.

He had never felt so much regret in his life than the moment he learned about the reason behind the kids’ expulsion. If he hadn’t said that before, then the head of kindergarten wouldn’t have misunderstood.

He wanted to salvage the situation, so he had personally made a trip here today.

Unexpectedly, he had bumped into Roxanne.