Chapter 558


    Chapter 558


    When Roxanne saw how persistent the girl was, she agreed to a game with the children.


    "I''m done!" Este announced when she had found a hiding spot.


    Even after rounds of the same game with Archie and Benny, the girl still shouted out loud whenever


    she was done hiding.


    Roxanne could not helpughing at that.Right after Este shouted, Roxanne heard Archie''s and


    Benny''s soft giggles from another corner.


    "I''ming!" Roxanne eximed, shaking her head.


    Then she walked toward where Archie and Benny were.


    The boys were still feeling proud of themselves because they thought they had found a seemingly


    strategic ce where no one could find them, but they were proven wrong.


    They even nned on changing their hiding ce to make it more difficult for Roxanne to find them.But


    just as they were crawling out from where they were, they bumped into the woman.


    They looked up, only to see her smug smile.


    "Mommy, please give us another chance..." they mumbled, standing up in front of her.


    Roxanne quirked her brows and turned them down tantly.


    "No.You guys have to find Este with me."


    When they knew they had no other option, the boys did as they were told and tried to recall the


    direction of where Este’s voice came from earlier.The girl had learned a few tricks from the previous


    rounds of the game.She would stick her head out asionally to check the situation outside.


    When she saw Roxanne and the boysing over, she wanted to sneak away and go to another


    ce, but it was toote.


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    Archie and Benny had already seen her the moment she got out.


    "Mommy, we found her!" the boys screamed in excitement as they ran after Este, who was trying to


    flee.


    When Roxanne saw them running, she hurried up to Este, worried that the girl would fall.


    Seeing that she was about to get caught, Este sprinted toward the couch while Archie and Benny


    pursued her.


    "Slow down!" Roxanne shouted.


    Archie and Benny decelerated at their mother''s warning, but Este did not.She continued running


    toward the couch as if she did not hear Roxanne at all.????l?????.??m


    Because Este could not stop in time, she tripped over the couch leg and fell forward onto the coffee


    table.


    "Essie, watch out!" Roxanne''s heart clenched when she saw that.She dashed over, hoping to cushion


    the impact for the girl.


    Este was horrified when she realized she could not stop herself from falling.


    Suddenly, a strong arm appeared and blocked the sharp edge of the coffee table just as Roxanne


    managed to catch Este on the forehead.


    However, because of the strong momentum, Este still bumped right into the table.


    Although Lucian and Roxanne managed to prevent the worst from happening, the knock was still


    painful for Este.


    She was stupefied for a few seconds until she finally looked up again.


    Lucian''s palm was covering the edge of the table while Roxanne''s handnded on his hand, bolstering


    the girl''s forehead.A frown slowly crept across Lucian''s face.


    "Are you all right?" he asked anxiously.


    Just a few seconds ago, he was finishing up his work when he heard Roxanne screaming in fright.


    When he looked up, Este was already falling in his direction, so he swiftly extended his hand to


    help.It took Este a few seconds to get herself together.


    "I''m fine," she replied softly.


    Lucian sighed in relief.


    "Good. Get up, then."


    When Archie and Benny heard that, they hurried over to help Este up to relieve the weight on


    Lucian''s and Roxanne''s hands.