My Second Marriage with the Mafia Kingpin novel Chapter 260

Chapter 260: Had I Found Her Sooner

[Dominion New Neighborhood]

"Ah?" Ashley blinked several times, her face blank.

Lucian’s brows furrowed with the same confusion.

Both of them stared at Primo, who stood before them while they sat on the living room couch. Primo held a piece of paper in front of him, looking at it curiously.

Then he produced another paper from behind the first one — this one with a prewritten question.

[Can you come?]

Ashley leaned back and instinctively turned to Lucian. He turned to her at the same moment, and then the couple looked back at Primo together.

"Are both of us required to attend this school event?" Lucian asked. "If not, I can go. She’s busy."

She shook her head. "No, I’m not busy at all!" Her quick answer earned her a confused look from Lucian. "Baby, what is this event? Is it like a parent-teacher meeting?"

Primo looked up and thought about it. When he looked back at them, all he gave was a shrug.

All the boy had heard from his teacher was that the school would be celebrating its anniversary — a three-day event, like a festival. Aside from sports and games, there would be booths and other activities, including concerts for the older students.

It was Primo’s first time experiencing something like this, having been homeschooled his entire life. But seeing the excitement among his classmates ever since the announcement had intrigued him.

"A school anniversary — a foundation day, huh?" Ashley tilted her head and looked at Lucian curiously. "Lucian, do you know what happens at those things?"

Lucian leaned back, glancing between his wife and son with a serious expression. And in the same neutral tone, he answered almost proudly,

"No."

"Didn’t you go to school?" Ashley asked. "Don’t they have those things?"

"I didn’t have time for the extracurriculars."

Her face twisted as she assessed him, not really doubting his reasoning. Lucian was an heir to Dominion — she could believe he had more important matters to attend to. Or perhaps school had simply been a formality for him.

As for Ashley, she had started school late.

She was nearly a teenager when she first enrolled. Had it not been for a special program — one that allowed her to enter a grade appropriate for her age, as Scott had explained — she would have been the oldest first grader in the room. She only passed the placement because a certain maid had secretly taught her to read and helped her study.

But even after enrolling in that public school, nowhere near where Isabella attended, Ashley barely had time to go. She was already too busy surviving, and she was "lucky" enough to pass her exams and make it through high school with that chaotic schedule.

"Let’s go together," Lucian said, pulling her out of her thoughts.

Ashley looked up, only then realizing she had been drifting. Lucian and Primo were both watching her.

"It’ll be a first for Primo and me as well," Lucian added. "We’ll find out then."

Primo nodded with a wide smile.

Ashley looked between them before her lips stretched from ear to ear, her eyes crinkling at the corners.

"Right?" she giggled. "That just makes it more exciting. I wonder what a foundation day is actually like."

She crossed her arms and leaned back. Lucian and Primo exchanged a quick glance. Neither of them asked why she didn’t know — for different reasons. Primo’s were simple: he understood there must be a reason. Lucian, on the other hand, didn’t need to ask.

Having Marshal as a father was the worst thing that could happen to any person. Lucian already knew Marshal had never been a real parent to her.

Had I found her sooner... he thought, his jaw tightening. He concealed the quiet displeasure the thought stirred with a small smile.

Primo rubbed his chin thoughtfully and signed, [Okay, Mama!]

[Primo, how are you? Have you been eating well? How was school? I went out today and thought about buying you some toys, but I don’t know which ones you like.]

[I heard she was very smart when she was young.]

"Yeah?" Ashley tilted her head. "She does seem like a smart person. Before."

[Hey, it’s me, Ash. Can we call you?]

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