Roxanne instinctively glanced at the man walking in front of her before lowering her gaze to look at the flowers in her arms. She hesitated about giving the flowers back to him.
However, before she could say anything, the three children came up to her. When they saw the flowers, they were elated.
“Mommy, where did you get the flowers? They look pretty, and they match you so well!” Benny praised despite knowing who had given his mother the flowers.
A wave of embarrassment washed over Roxanne at the boy's question. Right as she was about to lean over to hand the flowers to Estella, she recalled that the man was still holding her wrist.
Evidently, that was something the children noticed as well.
Upon her realization, Roxanne began to turn red in her face. Nevertheless, she forced herself to smile calmly at the children as she discreetly flung her wrist to break free of the man's grasp.
Yet, the man only tightened his grip.
Roxanne frowned and turned to protest.
When Lucian met her eyes, he confessed, “Ms. Jarvis, you're holding flowers, and I'm afraid you'll end up soaked again if you can't see the road well. Don't worry. Once we're away from the fountain, I'll let you go.”
It was a subtle way of telling her that the flowers were meant for her.
When Roxanne heard that and glanced at the hand around her wrist again, the blush on her face slowly spread to her ears. The children were around, so there was nothing much she could say; she could only quietly let the man do as he pleased while she reassured herself that he was only holding her wrist.
Lucky for her, the children did not ask where the flowers came from again.
“Are we going back now?” Archie, the sensible boy he was, asked.
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