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.

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

Jack and Larry who were standing not far from them. When

your business partner here has suffered a

to him earlier, he had only mentioned that Roxanne was being put on the spot,

upset to discover that Jack and Larry were actually present as

all happened too fast. We had no time to respond. Thank goodness,

look flitted across Larry's

he had only thought about defending Roxanne when Jessica tried to admonish her. It never occurred to him to come up with a more aggressive retaliation. Larry knew

him a sardonic look and turned to look at Jack. He wanted

He did not fumble for an explanation. Instead, he said,

take care of the rest.

his lips into a thin, hard line. Then he

were the ones whom he had witnessed to be quite close to

Lucian felt threatened

could not even protect Roxanne from being slandered,

his and

four of