Chapter 1232


    Lucian’s reply took Roxanne by surprise. I didn’t expect Lucian would allow Essie to stay or even ask


    me to decide if she could. Immediately upon receiving her father’s approval, Este turned to Roxanne.


    “Ms. Jarvis…”The boys approached them. “Please let Essie stay, Mommy!”Roxanne hesitated for a


    moment when she saw the anticipation in the boys’ eyes. In the end, she found herself unable to say


    no. “Fine. If Essie wants to stay, she can.”Delight colored the children’s countenances as they


    cheered.Roxanne couldn’t help but grin upon seeing that.As Lucian’s expression softened, he shifted


    his sight toward her.Upon detecting his gaze, she suddenly tensed up. Even her expression was


    slightly frozen.“Since you don’t mind, I’ll be counting on you to take care of Essie for the next few days,


    Ms. Jarvis,” Lucian uttered.In response, Roxanne pursed her lips and smile.Before he left, he informed,


    “I’ll arrive at the research institute at two in the afternoon.”She nodded. “I’ll let Dr. Galloway know and


    ask him to head over there earlier.”When their conversation ended, Lucian turned and left.Roxanne and


    the children watched his car disappear from their sight before returning to the mansion.It was nearly


    two in the afternoon, so she swiftly gave Colby a call.Meanwhile, Colby had just left the surveince


    room.He stayed up for the entire night scrubbing all traces of his misdeed.After learning Lucian would


    investigate the matter during the morning from Roxanne’s call, he inspected all the surveince footage


    again. He only dragged his exhausted body out of the surveince room after he found no problems


    with the footage.To his surprise, he received another call from Roxanne just as he left.She said, “Mr.


    Farwell will be heading over there at two in the afternoon. So, you may need to reach there a little


    earlier.”Colby’s heart sank when he heard that. I know it’s only a matter of time before Lucianes,


    but I didn’t expect it to be so soon!Still, he agreed to her request. “Got it. I’m at the research institute


    right now, so he’s free to visit whenever he wants.”It was almost two when he ended the call.Hence, he


    immediately returned to the surveince room to recheck the surveince footage.Just as he did that in


    suspense, he heard someone knocking on the door.“Mr. Farwell has arrived, Dr. Galloway,” the


    receptionist informed while Lucian stood next to her.Colby’s expression shifted drastically before he


    forced himself to calm down as quickly as possible.A few secondster, he turned to the entrance withThis text is ? N?velDrama/.Org.


    a polite smile. “You should’ve called me when you arrived, Mr. Farwell. I could’ve weed you at the


    building entrance.”Lucian’s line of sightnded on the surveince footage on the screen and inquired,


    “What is this, Dr. Galloway?”“I couldn’t help but feel something was amiss about what happened


    yesterday. Thus, I decided to check the surveince footage in hopes of finding anything fishy. Since


    you’re also nning to investigate yesterday’s incident, how about we examine the footage


    together?”Silently, Lucian gazed at him for a few seconds.Meanwhile, Colby felt his heart pounding.


    Yet, he had to stifle his anxiety and pretend as though nothing was going on.