Chapter 723 Shocking News

Although he was initially surprised by Roxanne’s words, Jack quickly found it reasonable after giving it some thought.

After all, from the first day he met her, he knew that she wasn’t someone to shy away from a challenge.
With that thought in mind, he gave the lady sitting in the backseat a look of admiration through the rearview mirror.

When he saw the resolve written all over Roxanne’s face, Jack couldn’t help but feel moved by it.

Finally, they made their way through the heavy traffic and managed to arrive at the restaurant right on the dot.

They expected Jessica to have arrived; however, the latter was nowhere to be seen.

As the empty table caused both of them to exchange glances, a sense of dread descended upon the two of them concurrently.

“I’ll call and check,” Jack suggested with a cocked brow once they took their seats.

Nodding in acknowledgment, Roxanne could feel an inexplicable sense of trepidation creeping into her.

“Jack, have you arrived?”

voice rang out the moment

on speaker, Jack grunted in response before asking, “Where are

with an apologetic tone, “I’m really sorry. Please wait a few more minutes

 

to glance at each other. Although they were skeptical about it, they couldn’t find any fault with the excuse since it

was close, traffic did hold them back for almost half

longer since Hightower residence

grimly, “All right then. There’s no need

affect her cordial tone. “As I’ll probably be stuck here for a while, there’s no need to wait for me. I’ll get the restaurant staff to serve

no other choice but to accept it implicitly, he responded, “We’ll be waiting

acknowledgment, Jessica ended the call before going on

up to, Jack and Roxanne assumed that she was

was stare at the food in front of

Jessica had not shown up. Secondly, both of

that, when Roxanne scanned the surroundings and didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary, she had no

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