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.

thanks, Ms. Jarvis," Lucian

standing not far from them. When he parted his lips, however, he did

a result, your business partner here has suffered a scare. I'm afraid this is hardly ideal as far as business collaborations go," Lucian

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

that Jack and Larry

at Roxanne's stiffened face. He approached her and said to Lucian, "It all

guilty look flitted

thought about defending Roxanne when Jessica tried to admonish her. It never

to look at Jack. He wanted to see

darkened. He did not fumble for an explanation. Instead, he said, "I am to be

because of me. I will take care of the rest. Dr. Jarvis' name will not be tarnished because of

into a thin, hard

he had witnessed to be quite close to

fact, Lucian felt threatened by their

could not even protect Roxanne from being slandered, Lucian vowed that he would never hand

his and

tension among the four of them was