Roxanne was about to tell Lucian she could manage to pull herself up when he hugged her even more tightly.
“Don’t move. Otherwise, it will be difficult for me to climb up.” His voice sounded a little hoarse.
Roxanne felt a brief surge of strange emotion in her chest as she listened to his voice. She stayed still afterward and allowed him to carry her out of the hole.
She broke away from his embrace right after they safely escaped the pit.
“Mrs—Ms. Jarvis, you are so kind to Ms. Estella.” Cayden could not help but say wistfully.
He had been utterly shocked when he saw Roxanne hugging Estella at the bottom of the pit earlier.
Cayden was already surprised that Roxanne was willing to venture deep into the forest in the middle of the night to search for Estella. Unexpectedly, Roxanne even
