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

that moment, Jessica-sitting languidly in the café next door-replied with an apologetic tone, "I'm really sorry. Please wait a few more minutes for me, as I'm currently stuck in traffic. I thought I was going to be early when I left home

Roxanne to glance at each other. Although they were skeptical about it, they couldn't find any fault with the

close, traffic did hold them back

a result, Jessica would naturally take longer since Hightower residence was even

grimly, "All right then. There's no need to rush.

eyes, she didn't let it affect her cordial tone. "As I'll probably be stuck here for a while, there's no need to wait

with the food. Having no other choice but

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

to, Jack and Roxanne

front of them with neither showing any

Secondly, both of them felt

spite of that, when Roxanne scanned the surroundings and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, she had no choice but to suppress the suspicion that arose within