Chapter 1216


    When Este opened her eyes and saw Archie and Benny, a blush crept onto her face. Archie held


    Este’s hand in constion as he articted his question, “Did you dream about Mommy? What did


    you dream about?”The girl lowered her gaze. “I… I dreamed about Ms. Jarvis.”A confused look


    appeared on the boys’ faces when they heard that. “But you were calling out for your mommy.”Este


    timidly looked at them in silence.She did not know why, but ever since she came to know Roxanne, the


    mother in her dreams started looking like Roxanne.Moreover, the dreams about her mother became


    sweet dreams.The only exception was when Roxanne was sick.This time, she dreamed about the


    unconscious Roxanne again.In her dream, no matter what she said, Roxanne’s eyes remained closed.


    That terrified her.As for Archie and Benny, although they did not hear any reply from Este, they could


    guess what was on her mind by studying her expression.“Essie, you see our mommy as your mommy,


    too, is that right?” Benny asked.Este nodded in hesitance. She then carefully asked, “Archie, Benny,


    you won’t be mad, right?”Both boys exchanged a bewildered look with each other. “Why would we be


    mad?”“Because… I’ll be stealing your mommy from you,” Este muttered, choking out thest few


    words as if she was about to burst into tears.Archie and Benny were bbergasted.They never knew


    that was what Este thought.Squeezing Este’s hand, Archie said, “We’re not mad at all. If we do get


    mad, wouldn’t you be mad too for trying to steal your daddy from you?”Este pursed her lips and


    anxiously shook her head. She desperately wanted to be a family with Archie and Benny, so how


    could she be angry with them?Archie then took a piece of tissue and wiped Este’s tears away. “If


    you’re not mad, then we’re not mad too!”Benny then said, “How about this? We’ll call them Daddy and


    Mommy when we’re alone. We won’t call them Mr. Farwell or Ms. Jarvis anymore. They’re our Daddy


    and Mommy.”Archie and Este immediately nodded in agreement to that.Even though there were still


    tears on her face, Este had a wide smile.She looked funny, and the boys could not help butugh


    heartily at her.Lucian naturally had no idea what was happening in the ward next door, let alone about


    how the three children had sneakily promised to be a family.“Thirsty…”Roxanne had been unconscious


    for a whole day. Even though she had been injected with sedatives, she could not sleep for long.


    Furthermore, the children had been talking earlier, so Roxanne slowly returned to the waking


    world.Lucian had a tiring day, and he was about to nod off. But the second he heard her voice, he woke


    with a start and filled a ss of water for her.Just as Roxanne was about to sit upright to get the ss,


    Lucian brought the ss to her lips and shifted her to be in his arms.Roxanne was groggy from her


    sleep, and she instinctively felt safe in his arms. Hence, she drank the water with his help before


    reaching up to push the ss away.Lucian ced the ss at the side before helping Roxanne lie


    down on the bed again.Shortly after, Roxanne was asleep again.Fearing that she would wake once


    more, Lucian reached out to grab her exposed hand after a moment of hesitance before closing his


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