Chapter 173


    Chapter 173 “I‘m sorry. Something came up at night, so I couldn‘t fetch you, ve you calon yet?” Roxa


    nne asked gently in concern as she released the three children.Archie, Benny, and Este nodded obe


    diently. “Yeah! We‘ve eaten! We have been ying for a long time!”She secretly sighed with relief when


    she heard


    that. After that, she stood up. “What were you ying? Show me.”Benny dashed toward the living room


    excitedly. “We were ying with the Lego bricks that Mr. Farwell gave us! It‘s really fun!”


    On the other hand, Archie and Este stayed by Roxanne‘s side. She was holding hands with the childr


    en, with one at each side as she watched Benny with a smile on her


    face.Obviously, the Lego bricks that Lucian had given them met their expectations in terms of the desig


    n and level of difficulty, and they loved the gift.In just one night, the three children had already made a b


    ase.However, no matter how Roxanne looked at it, that Lego set seemed boyish to her.She looked at E


    ste with concern in her eyes. “Essie, do you


    like this toy?”Este‘s eyes lit up as she nodded fervently.As long as I can y with Archie and Benny, I


    ‘m fine with ying anything!Seeing that, Roxanne felt relieved. After taking a look at the


    time, she yed with them for a while


    more since it was still early.Archie and Benny were used to ying Lego with her, so each of them start


    ed to build their models seriously. Roxanne also decided to make something after she selected a model


    .When she was looking for a piece, she felt someone lug the hem


    of her sunt twice.Roxanne turned around in confusion and saw Este looking at her with a pitful and h


    elpless look. The little girl was


    holding a picture with the building instructions as she pointed at one of the pieces in it.It was obvious th


    at she couldn‘t find the piece she


    wantedRoxanne smiled in adoration. Just as she was about to help Este look for the piece together,


    she remembered how thetter had spokenst time.If Roxanne had guessed it correctly, Este would


    only asionally utter one or two words when she was emotional.  Thinking of that, Roxanne


    pretended to look confusedly at Este. “What‘s wrong?”Este pointed at the piece


    in the picture again and again, but Roxanne continued to stare at her in confusion.After some time, Est


    e got anxious


    and pouted.Roxanne‘s heart softened at that, and she caressed Este‘s head. “If you want me to do s


    omething, you should say


    it out loud and tell me.”Este blinked innocently as she opened her mouth.Roxanne thought that she w


    as about to say something, so she looked at thetter expectantly.Este seemed to be trying hard, but


    after a few attempts, not a single word came out of her mouth. Feeling discouraged, she poked Archie


    and Benny, who were concentrating on building their models.Since Archie and Benny had spent some t


    ime building the models together with Este, they could tell what she meant based on her movements.


    When they wanted to help her out, they saw that Roxanne was shaking her head at them behind Estell


    a.Seeing that, Archie and Benny obediently sat back down again despite not knowing what Roxanne


    was trying to do.Roxanne said again patiently, “Essie can speak, right? Come on. Tell us. What do you


    want us to do?”Archie and Benny understood her intentions and nodded


    in response. “Essie, what‘s the matter?”All three of them looked at Este expectantly.Este sensed th


    eir anticipation, so she


    tried hard to speak until her face flushed red, but still, no words came out of her mouth.After some time,


    she began to panic and felt aggrieved. Soon, her eyes reddened.Roxanne had been observing Este‘


    s expression the entire time. Seeing that, she quickly caressed Este‘s cheeks and apologized, “I‘m s


    orry, Essie. I was rushing things. Let‘s take it slow, Essie. Shhh… Don‘t cry. Don‘t cry.”Meanwhile, Archi


    e and Benny had already found the piece that Este wanted from the pile of Lego pieces, and


    they happily showed it to her with their outstretched hands. “Essie, look! Is this what you wanted? We f


    ound it for you!”She took it from them with a sniffle before she smiled again gradually.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024.