The children stretched their hand to the dolphins. Immediately, a dolphin swam over and gently touched their palms with its mouth. “Wow!” the children exclaimed in surprise, looking at the dolphin with their eyes wide open.
A tender look filled Roxanne’s eyes as she watched the children interact with the dolphin. At the same time, she had forgotten all about the distance issues she had with Lucian. Lowering her gaze, she pulled out a camera from her bag and took pictures of the children.
A seagull flew past in the distance. Suddenly, one of the dolphins leaped into the air and gave Estella a kiss on the cheek.
Estella was frozen to the spot for some time. When she finally returned to her senses, she touched her slightly wet face and widened her eyes in surprise.
“Ms. Jarvis! Daddy!” Estella ran back to Roxanne and Lucian excitedly, wanting to share her experience with them.
Roxanne had already taken a picture of the cute interaction earlier. Estella’s excited expression made the former’s smile widen. “I saw it. Looks like little animals really like you, huh?”
Estella smiled shyly and turned back to play with the dolphins. Archie and Benny, too, witnessed the scene just now and were extremely envious of her. Thus, they did everything they could to let the dolphins kiss them.
Staring expectantly at the dolphins, Benny leaned out, causing almost half of his body to hang over the deck.
Alas, no dolphins approached him even after waiting for a long time. Rather, the dolphins seemed to be afraid of him and kept their distance from him.
Just as he was thinking of other ways to touch the dolphin, someone grabbed his shirt and pulled him back to the original position. “It’s dangerous.” Lucian gave Benny a stern gaze.
Seeing it was Lucian, Benny had no choice but to nod sheepishly and apologize, “Sorry. I won’t do it again.”
With that, he put on a pitiful look while looking at Roxanne. Roxanne, too, was taken aback by Benny’s actions.
After all, the children were smaller compared to the dolphins. Roxanne feared they might fall into the water if they actually collided with the dolphin.
Thankfully, Lucian reached out just in time and pulled Benny backward. Though Benny’s gaze had softened Roxanne’s heart, she still put on a strict expression. “Don’t forget what you’ve promised me earlier.” Benny felt even more guilty.
He had already given Roxanne a shock of her life by going missing yesterday. And now, he had made her worry again.
At that thought, Benny pursed his lips, walked to Roxanne, and carefully tugged at the hem of her top. “Sorry, Mommy. I don’t want to play anymore.”
Seeing his dejected looks, Roxanne sighed helplessly and patted his head. “I’m not blaming you. It’s just that I worry for you, just like how you children were worried for me when I was underwater for a long time. I know you can swim, but I’m still worried that you might fall into the water.”
On top of that, the children were still very young. She could not help but worry about them falling into the sea after being touched by the dolphins.
She feared they might panic and forget how to swim when that happened. After hearing Roxanne’s words, Benny nodded obediently. “Okay, Mommy.”
Roxanne smiled. “It’s good that you understand. Go along and play. I’ll watch you kids from here.”
However, Benny merely stood there guiltily. He did not move until Roxanne gave him a gentle push on the shoulder. When Benny was out of earshot, Roxanne turned to Lucian and thanked him, “Thank you.”
Lucian merely nodded without saying a word.
