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?”

the moment the

the phone on speaker, Jack grunted in response

really sorry. Please wait a few more minutes for me, as I’m currently stuck in traffic. I thought I was going to be early when I left

 

each other. Although they were skeptical about it, they couldn’t find any fault with the excuse since it was indeed peak

traffic did hold them back for almost

a result, Jessica would naturally take longer since Hightower residence was even

right then. There’s no need to rush.

across Jessica’s eyes, she didn’t let it affect her cordial tone. “As I’ll probably be stuck here for a while, there’s no need

no other choice but to accept it implicitly, he responded,

of acknowledgment, Jessica ended the call before going

up to, Jack and Roxanne assumed that she was really held up by

was stare at the food in front of them with neither showing any

up. Secondly, both of them

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

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