The Abandoned Wife (Lucian)
Chapter 569

Chapter 569

Extella’s persistence macie Roxanne ilash Lucian an awkward smile. She then stretched out her ann, wanting to hand him theconch.

To her surprise, Lucian grabbed hier wrist and brought the conch to his car.Roxanne’s hand was so close to his face that her palm could touch his face if she moved it a little.

Realizing that, Roxanne’s face stillened, and she clenched her teeth as she did everything she could to fix her wrist at certainangle.

Along moment passed before he let go of her hand.

*How was it? Did you hear anything?” Estella stared at him expectantly.

Lucian tast Roxanne an unfathomable gaze and raised a brow, answering, “Yep. | heard it.”

Estella squealed with excitement when her father confirmed it.

Roxanne noticed him glancing at her earlier, and she felt as if an electric current ran through her veins.

After taking a few seconds to recollect herself, she smiled at the children as if nothing had happened. “All right. Let’s go replacesome more, or else they'll be taken by the boys.”

Taking the conch from Roxanne, Estella nodded, held the former’s hand, and walked forward.

Meanwhile, after having heard the sound in the conch, Archie and Benny dashed off eagerly to replace their own conch.

Roxanne took Estella’s hand while walking behind the boys, occasionally glancing at them to make sure that they were safe.Suddenly, the boys halted in their tracks and squatted, their cyes seemed to be fixed on something

Focling curious, Roxanne hurried over with Estella.

“Mommy, looki” The boys pointed at the tiny crab on the beach.

Acrab as big as a thumb came into her view, and it was timidly crawling into a milky white conch

As if shocked by the presence of humans, the crab covered its eyes with its pincers and continued Crawling into the conch.“How can we make it come out!” Benny eyed the conch with frustration

| had not been easy for them to replace one. And now, there was a crab in it, which prevented them from taking the conch.Roxanne shook ler head at the boys. “This is a hermit crab. The conch is its home, Let’s not disturb it and look for another one.”When they card her say that, the boys stared at the conchi curiously for another long period of time. They even tapped in gently,saying with a sweet voice, “I ley, little herinit crab. Let's play together!”

Their actions shocked the hermit crab, causing its little body to quickly come out of the conch and flee from them.

Seeing the creature leave, the children looked at Roxanne guiltily.

They just wanted to play with it, but they never expected the hermit crab to be so frightened.

Roxanne smiled and consoled, “Let's go. Maybe it'll come back when we’re gone.”

Hearing that, the children nodded and walked forward. At the same time, they kept turning around to see if the hermit crab wouldreturn.

Alas, there was no sign of the hermit crab, even when they had lost sight of the conch.The children were upset for a while, but they were quickly distracted by something else.

As Roxanne walked with the children, she occasionally squatted to pick up a few seashells. She wanted to use them to make anecklace for Estella.

Meanwhile, Lucian followed behind them at a moderate distance. Arare, warm gaze poured out from his eyes as he watchedthem from behind.