The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 398

Dead silence reigned in the car. One could sense that the atmosphere was entirely different from when Jonathan was present earlier, giving off a sense of an impending storm. Roxanne was sitting straight, her gaze trained right ahead. She tried her best to ignore the man beside her.

She wasn't sure whether she was imagining things, but his piercing gaze seemingly locked on her since Jonathan alighted from the car. It had her tensing up subconsciously. All of a sudden, Lucian's voice rang out beside her.

"Have I offended you in any way, Ms. Jarvis?"

Relief suffused Roxanne when she heard his voice. She flashed him a detached smile. "Why would you say that, Mr. Farwell?”

Lucian eyed her with a dark look, his voice threaded with displeasure. "If that's not the case, why are you avoiding me thus, Ms. Jarvis?".

Frowning slightly, Roxanne feigned ignorance. "When have I avoided you, Mr. Farwell? Precisely speaking, I don't have much of a chance to meet you since our work doesn't intersect."

a personal relationship besides a professional

fact, they even had no interaction

had no opportunity to meet anyway, so

moment her words rang out, the temperature in the

stole a peek at the two people at the back through the rearview mirror.

she knows full well that he's

he noticed Lucian lowering the partition in the

not daring to observe the

distance between them. Glimpsing that, Lucian narrowed his eyes in chagrin and questioned icily, "Roxanne Jarvis, why are you shying away from me in such a manner How when you said I hadn't offended you in any

eyes. In a distant tone, she explained, "I merely feel that we're not that close with each other, and your

the sight of her wary expression, Lucian smirked scornfully. "What do

when they first bumped into each other after her return

the initiative with me since we got acquainted. Alas,

situation was inexplicably similar