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."

they didn't have a personal relationship besides a professional

even had no interaction

meet anyway, so avoiding

moment her words rang out, the temperature

Cayden cautiously stole a peek at the two people at the back through the rearview mirror. Inwardly, he

she knows full well that he's in

was fretting, he noticed Lucian

to observe the situation in the

without warning, her heart lurched. She instinctively twisted sideways and plastered her back against the car window to put some 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 way? Are

frown marred Roxanne's countenance, and fainht wariness showed in her eyes. In a distant tone, she explained, "I merely feel that we're not that close with each other, and your

Lucian smirked scornfully. "What do you think I'm planning

hotel when they first bumped into each other after her return to

me since we got acquainted. Alas, it was when I no longer needed

inexplicably similar

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