The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 359 Keep It Between Us

As she had fallen asleep late the night before, Roxanne slept deeply but was awoken by her phone ringing early the following morning.

Unable to marshal her thoughts into coherence immediately upon waking up, she reached out blindly around her pillow for a long time before locating the source of the noise. Upon obtaining her phone and squinting at the screen, Roxanne answered groggily.

Colby sounded very anxious on the other end. "Something's happened, Dr. Jarvis."

Wide awake suddenly, Roxanne sat bolt upright. "What is it?" she asked hoarsely.

"A shipment of medicinal herb supplies we expected to receive this morning is still nowhere to be seen." Colby looked grave.

The medicinal herb supplier the research institute partnered with was usually very punctual in delivering their supply.

research institute would have received the goods at the beginning of office hours. The shipment was delayed particularly

medicinal herb supplies were not delivered on time, many projects would be shelved in less than two days. Their progress would, as a result, be

you given our business partners a

speaker mode and swiftly washed up while she listened to Colby's

the mention of the problem. "Some of them didn't even pick up. Those who did

had just told him they did not want to be partners anymore. Their beating around the bush was

as she scrambled to get dressed. "Noted," she replied.

word, she hung

the dining table when

to attend kindergarten that day, and Archie and Benny could

the stairs

the research institute," she said apologetically. "I must hurry over.

mother's hectic schedule.

and hurried out the

to hand her work over