Roxanne sensed Archie and Benny‘s suspicion. Concealing her unease, she calmly led the children to the couch. After Roxanne rested at home for a week, her leg injury had made a decent recovery, and she could already walk unassisted.
Nonetheless, Lysa and the children fussed over her condition and insisted she rest for a couple more days at home. As the three of them settled on the couch, the children‘s attention remained on the rejected flowers, and they asked, “Mommy, why didn‘t you accept the flowers?”
Roxanne did not expect her children‘s question and struggled to come up with a reply.
Noticing her strange behavior, Archie asked, “The delivery man didn‘t answer our question. What if he sent the flowers to the wrong house?”
The words had barely left his mouth when Archie hopped off the couch, shooting his mother a final glance before declaring, “I‘ll go check with the delivery man. What if he really sent the flowers to the wrong house?”
With that said, he actually began walking toward the door.
Frowning, Roxanne ordered, “Come back here, Archie.”
Her son pretended not to hear her as he walked resolutely to the door.
Roxanne‘s reaction confirmed their suspicions that this was not the first time she had received the flowers.
If we‘re going to have a new daddy, we need to know who he is!
- Her sons‘ obstinance caused Roxanne‘s heart to sink, and she desperately tried to think of a diversion.
A moment later, Roxanne winced in pain and bent down to cradle her injured leg. “Benny, help Mommy see if my wound reopened.”
Her words startled the boys.
Benny clambered off the couch, carefully inspecting his mother‘s wound, while Archie stopped his march toward the door and hurried back to the couch.
The boys scrutinized Roxanne‘s injury for a long time, and she took advantage of the
Archie and Benny might be young, but even they knew what a gift of roses meant.
Someone gave Mommy roses!
The boys exchanged curious glances. Are we getting a new daddy soon?
As the same thought crossed their mind, the boys simultaneously turned to the door.
They were about to ask who had sent the flowers when Roxanne‘s voice rang out behind them. “Please send the flowers back.”
The boys jumped in surprise at their mother‘s voice.
Mommy‘s sending the flowers back without even looking at them?
Roxanne dared not look at her sons‘ expressions as she walked to the mansion‘s door and smiled politely at the flower shop‘s employee. “Thank you, and sorry for the trouble.”
The employee stared at Roxanne in awe.
He was finally seeing the mysterious recipient of his week–long flower delivery.
The woman before him wore a simple but elegant nightgown. Her long hair was artfully disheveled, while her features were so striking that even without makeup, it was impossible to tear one‘s eyes away from her face.
One look and the employee immediately understood why Lucian sent his unwilling recipient flowers with such dogged determination.
Just then, Benny asked innocently, “Sir, may I know who sent these flowers?”
The employee snapped out of his trance and looked at the two boys before him. He was about to reply to Benny‘s question when Roxanne interjected, “If there‘s nothing else, I‘m bringing the children in. Sorry.”
With that, Roxanne closed the door on the employee.
She did not want her children to learn of Lucian‘s flower deliveries.
“Mommy?” Archie and Benny stared at their mother in confusion after she abruptly closed the door.
Roxanne acted as though nothing was amiss as she ruffled the boys‘ hair and said, “T don‘t know who gave me the flowers either, but I don‘t plan on keeping them.”
The boys exchanged a suspicious glance.
They knew their mother too well, and she did not react as though this was her first anonymous flower delivery.
In fact, she even seemed scared to see the flowers.
What is Mommy so scared about?
