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?"

out the

on speaker, Jack grunted in response before asking, "Where are

door-replied with an apologetic tone, "I'm really sorry. Please wait a few more minutes for

explanation caused Jack and Roxanne to glance at each other. Although they were skeptical about it, they couldn't find any fault

traffic did hold them back for almost

would naturally take longer since Hightower residence was even

it, Jack replied grimly, "All right then. There's

eyes, she didn't let it affect her cordial tone. "As I'll probably be stuck here for a while,

the waiter arrived with the food. Having no other choice but to accept it implicitly, he responded, "We'll

hum of acknowledgment, Jessica ended the

up to, Jack and Roxanne assumed that she was really

stare at the food in front of them with neither showing any intention

up. Secondly, both of them felt that something

didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, she had no choice but to suppress the suspicion that arose