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.

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

and Larry who were standing not far from them. When he parted his lips, however, he

woman, and as a result, your business

he had only mentioned that Roxanne was being put on the spot, and

discover that Jack and Larry were actually present as

stiffened face. He approached her and said to Lucian, "It all happened too fast. We had no time

guilty look flitted

personality, he had only thought about defending Roxanne when Jessica tried to admonish her. It never occurred to him to come up

He wanted to see what kind of explanation the

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

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

his lips into a thin, hard line. Then he regarded

were the ones whom he had witnessed

felt threatened by

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

was his

four of them was palpable