The Abandoned Wife

Although he was initially surprised by Roxanne's words, Jack quickly found it reasonable after giving it some thought. After all, from the first day he met her, he knew that she wasn't someone to shy away from a challenge.

With that thought in mind, he gave the lady sitting in the backseat a look of admiration through the rearview mirror.

When he saw the resolve written all over Roxanne's face, Jack couldn't help but feel moved by it.

Finally, they made their way through the heavy traffic and managed to arrive at the restaurant right on the dot.

They expected Jessica to have arrived; however, the latter was nowhere to be seen.

As the empty table caused both of them to exchange glances, a sense of dread descended upon the two of them concurrently.

"I'll call and check," Jack suggested with a cocked brow once they took their seats.

Nodding in acknowledgment, Roxanne could feel an inexplicable sense of trepidation creeping into her.

"Jack, have you arrived?"

voice rang out the moment

speaker, Jack grunted in response before asking,

tone, "I'm really sorry. Please wait a few more minutes for me, as I'm

about it, they couldn't

close, traffic did hold them back

would naturally take longer since Hightower

it, Jack replied grimly, "All right then. There's no need to rush. Just

affect her cordial tone. "As I'll probably be stuck here for a while,

wanted to decline, the waiter arrived with the food. Having no other choice but

a hum of acknowledgment, Jessica ended the call before going on to make

she was up to, Jack and Roxanne assumed that she

food in front of them with neither showing any intention to

both of them

Roxanne scanned the surroundings and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, she had no choice but