Leaving The Country After Divorce

Chapter 698 Keep This A Secret

Roxanne couldn’t quite believe her ears. She froze for a good few seconds before flashing him a grateful smile. “In that case, I’ll give our collaboration my best effort.”

Jack raised his glass and said, “Great! On behalf of all the other partners, I hereby thank you for working with us! Here’s to our partnership!”

Roxanne chuckled as she clinked glasses with him. Jack sure has been a great help to me all this while! For some reason, I never seem to run out of things to talk about when I’m with Jack and Larry. Maybe this is because we’re all in the same field of work. My conversations with Lucian, on the other hand, often end horribly…

The smile on Roxanne’s face faded slightly at the thought of Lucian. “Oh, by the way…” Jack was about to say something when he noticed the change in her expression. While he didn’t know what was on her mind, he instinctively changed the topic to relieve some of the tension anyway. “What are the names of the two kids from earlier today?”

Roxanne’s smile returned when she heard him mention her kids. “Archie and Benny.”

but this is the first time I’ve

felt

misleading! For a moment there, I thought he was calling me

the table to snap herself out of

gotten into me lately? Why have I been having such crazy thoughts? Jack is complimenting my kids, for goodness’ sake! Why did I associate that with myself? This must be Lucian’s fault! I’m being paranoid

I should bring them some presents.

and Benny don’t really care about

them fairly often in the future anyway. I wouldn’t want them to hate me

how to counter that statement, Roxanne could only reply with a smile, “If you insist, then I shall gladly accept