Aubree was already waiting at the dining table downstairs.
When she saw Lucian and Estella coming downstairs, she faced the girl apologetically. “I’m sorry, Essie. I think I said the wrong thing again earlier.”
Estella grabbed her father’s hand tightly as she glanced at him, nonverbally asking him if she really could ignore the woman.
He patted her head in consolation and pulled her to his side.
Both of them ignored Aubree.
The atmosphere at the dining table was incredibly awkward.
Aubree was enraged when she saw the father-and-daughter duo sit down to eat without paying even a bit of attention to her as though she wasn’t there. However, she couldn’t vent her anger and even had to try and please the little girl.
“You’re still growing, Essie. You need to eat more so you’ll grow tall
