Chapter 1844 That Man From The North

It was late at night. The children were already asleep.

Roxanne, however, was having an episode of stomachache. She was hurting so much that she could not even straighten her back.

As Lucian gave the woman a massage, he nagged at her at the same time, hoping she would cut herself some slack at work.

“This side effect must stem from my poor confinement period years ago. Now, it's back to haunt me,” whined Roxanne.

Lucian was racked with guilt at those words. The tumult of his emotions got the better of him as he started to blame himself.

With the warmth and moderate pressure coming from the man's palm, Roxanne could already feel her pain slowly subsiding.

“It's not that serious, actually. It only hurts on the first day. I bet I'll be fine tomorrow morning!” she comforted Lucian.

The duo eventually brought up the car accident.

“According to the investigation carried out by the traffic police at each junction, including the surveillance footage provided by Linda and Madilyn, there wasn't any opening for anyone to even get close to your car. Is it because the brakes have really worn out?”

After Lucian summarized all available leads at that point, he gazed at Roxanne expectantly. Maybe she'll recall some tiny details that I may have overlooked.

again, the car's still brand new. It's absurd for the brakes to fail so soon. The deduction made by the traffic police couldn't be wrong.” Lucian was quick to perish the

was then that something popped into Roxanne's

somewhere yesterday night to help an old lady cross the road. But I only spent about six or seven minutes doing that, I guess?” No matter how she racked her brain, nothing seemed

lull she could think of

eyes lit

Which junction did you stop at?

junction. Lucian, in turn, rang Cayden up and asked the latter to have the traffic

an hour later, all of Lucian's hope went down the drain. The last thing he expected to hear was that the surveillance cameras at that very

moment there, he could not help but feel

was those six to seven minutes that had granted an opportunity for the perpetrator to

What a meticulous strategy!

be Shawn?” Lucian's visage gradually turned as cold

about time I meet that man from

She had just taken the medicine prescribed by the doctor from the hospital and was about to turn in early that night when

Elektra. She rushed into the house, seemingly

a car crash. How are you feeling?

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