The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 648

Soon, Cayden sent Jessica away.

Only after getting out of the hotel diad Jessica finally make sense of what was happening. She struggled to break free, but it was all too late.

After Jessica left, Lucian scanned the crowd.

Everyone felt chills running down their backs as they met his gaze. They dared not linger and. hastily left afterward.

Instantly, only a few people were left at the entrance of the hotel.

"Thank you for helping me out of the situation, Mr. Farwell," Roxanne said.

She lowered her gaze and tried to calm herself as she muttered her thanks to Lucian, consciously keeping her distance from the man. Then she turned around to head back to Larry's side. However, Lucian held her hand right after she turned around.

Roxanne paused in her tracks and instinctively wanted to shrug him off, yet she did not have the courage to turn around and tell him off. She simply stood there stiffly.

always been insincere with your thanks, Ms. Jarvis," Lucian said in an enigmatic

from them. When he parted his lips, however, he did not sound as amiable as when he

your business partner here has suffered a scare. I'm afraid this

he had only mentioned that Roxanne was being put on the spot, and Lucian had come to her aid without

was upset to discover that Jack and Larry were actually

Lucian, "It all happened too fast. We had no time to respond. Thank goodness, Roxanne

flitted across Larry's

when Jessica tried to admonish her. It never occurred to him to come up

Jack. He wanted to see what kind of explanation the latter would come

an

I will take care of the rest. Dr.

pursed his lips into a thin, hard line. Then

men were the ones whom he had witnessed to

felt

protect Roxanne from being slandered, Lucian vowed that he would never hand her over to any of

was his

of them was palpable