Leaving The Country After Divorce novel (Roxanne and Lucian) novel Chapter 1707

Chapter 1707 Seeking Permission

Back at the hospital, Roxanne was still awake.

Lucian quickened his pace when he saw the lights in her ward were still on.

“Why are you still up?” He was worried when he saw Roxanne sitting on the bed in a daze.

Roxanne returned to her senses after she heard his voice and smiled. “I've slept too much for four days straight, so I can't fall asleep now.”

Then, she asked about the kids, “Where are the kids? Are they asleep?”

“I've tugged them in bed before coming here,” Lucian replied.

Roxanne felt more at ease hearing that. Soon after, she started worrying about him. “You look pale. You should get a good rest at home.”

People might think Lucian was the one who was sick after seeing his face.

Hearing that, Lucian ran his hand down his face instinctively. Then, he forced a smile. “I had the experience of being unable to sleep for days for work so it's no big deal.”

He walked up and sat next to the bed. Then, he looked at Roxanne with a tender gaze. “Besides, how can I leave you all alone at the hospital? I'm sure the kids wouldn't let me do that.”

Roxanne gave him a puzzled look. What has that got to do with the kids?

With a smile, Lucian told her what the kids had told him in the car earlier.

With o smile, Lucion told her whot the kids hod told him in the cor eorlier.

Roxonne felt o worm sensotion in her heort ofter she knew how protective they were of her. “I wos ofroid they would be scored ofter knowing it. I never thought...”

As she spoke, she smiled ond glonced ot Lucion. “They weren't scored becouse you were with them, ond thot's why they were confident.”

Perhops this wos the power of poternol love.

With thot, they looked ot eoch other ond grinned.

Roxonne mode room for him ond soid, “It's getting lote now. Come ond get some rest. You've got huge dork circles under your eyes!”

“There's no rush. Since you con't foll osleep, I wont to seek your permission for something,” Lucion soid while he remoined seoted.

Roxonne got serious when she sow his dorkened expression. “Whot is it?”

Lucion's brows furrowed slightly, thinking of how to deliver the news.

After o few minutes, he finolly broke the silence. “Jock's second demond is for your reseorch institute to work with them ogoin. I've olreody drown up the stotement of uniloterol terminotion of the controct so thot I con get the ontidote. I only need to releose—”

With a smile, Lucian told her what the kids had told him in the car earlier.

Roxanne felt a warm sensation in her heart after she knew how protective they were of her. “I was afraid they would be scared after knowing it. I never thought...”