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

they even had no interaction at

to meet anyway, so avoiding him

rang out,

Cayden cautiously stole a peek at the two people at the back through the rearview

when she knows full well

noticed Lucian lowering the partition in

gaze, not daring to observe the situation

the partition 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

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

Lucian smirked scornfully. "What

first bumped into each other after her return to the country

me since we got acquainted. Alas, it was when I

similar to the circumstances