Chapter 508 While having dinner, Roxanne realized Lysa had arranged for Lucian to be seated right in front of her.
As Lucian’s gaze would fall upon her from time to time, Roxanne felt extremely uncomfortable throughout the entire meal.
After what seemed like forever, they were finally done having dinner. Lysa then cleaned up the table while Roxanne and the others headed over to the living room to rehearse the stage play.
Although they had yet to finalize the roles for the play, Lucian and Roxanne became obvious choices for the prince and princess due to the kissing scene. .
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThe kids then stared blankly at Roxanne as they were unsure of the roles they should take up.
After going through the script, Roxanne gave it some thought before saying hesitantly, “Essie can play the role of the witch.” Estella nodded obediently in response.
“What about us, Mommy?” Archie and Benny asked in unison while staring at her excitedly.
They were curious as they didn’t remember finding any roles in Sleeping Beauty that suited the two of them.
Roxanne paused briefly before replying with a chuckle, “Hmm... You two can be the fairies!” Archie and Benny went wide-eyed with shock upon hearing that. What? But we're boys! How will we act as fairies? Roxanne burst out laughing when she saw their reaction. “All right, let's change the story up a little. You two can act as e ess your blessings.” id of fairie Archie and Benny breathed sighs of relief as they accepted their roles, Having assigned the roles to the kids, Roxanne stood up and glanced at Lucian, who was standing beside her.
He simply stared coldly at her in response.
The smile on Roxanne’s face slowly faded as she said, “It seems we will have to take up extra roles for this play. Not only will we be playing as the prince and princess, but also as the king and queen.” Lucian nodded in agreement without any hesitation, much to Roxanne’s relief.
“This is the script. Take a look at your lines and try to memorize them as best you can,” she said while handing the kids her phone.
The kids then huddled together as they read through the script on the phone.
Roxanne turned to look at Lucian and said, “We should go through the script as well. Could you search one up on your phone, Mr. Farwell?” Lucian whipped out his phone and searched for a script on the spot.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAs Roxanne leaned in closer to read the script, the two of them were so near to each other that they could hear each other breathing.
Despite Roxanne’s best efforts at staying focused on the script, she found herself getting distracted by him a lot. Lucian, on the other hand, was completely calm and focused as he went through the script.
Roxanne was blushing so hard that she barely remembered anything even after going through the entire script.
She was snapped out of her dazed state when Lucian’s voice rang in her ears. “Do you want to read it again?” Roxanne shook her head and stepped away from him as she blurted, “No, I'm good. You can go through it again if you need to, Mr. Farwell.” Lucian arched an eyebrow at her in amusement when he saw her reddened face.
Good thing I've already gone through the script a few times before. Also, | don’t really have many lines since my character will be sleeping for the most part.
Roxanne breathed a sigh of relief at the thought of that.
“We're done, Mommy! Can we start rehearsing now?” the kids asked excitedly after finishing their script.
Roxanne nodded absent-mindedly and instinctively glanced at Lucian in response.
Having detected her gaze, Lucian put his phone away and nodded at her in response, indicating that he was ready as well.