The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 782 Pack Your Things

Aubree was stunned for a few seconds. Suppressing the panic in her heart, she approached him with concern written all over her face and pretended not to know anything about what had happened yesterday. "Lucian, what's going on?"

Lucian looked at the person in front of him expressionlessly and interrogatively. Things had been chaotic last night. He had only heard Roxanne say that Estella's symptoms were due to a bacterial allergy. As for where the bacterium came from, he hadn't had the time to think about it until he carefully recalled what had happened when he was on the way back.

Everything had been fine before Aubree arrived at the manor. However, the bacterium had shown up the same time as her.

couldn't help but suspect the

asked innocently, "I heard from the housekeepers that there's a bacterium in the house. It can't be true,

I don't notice anything odd by observing her face. Then again, I've never noticed how she has been treating Essie behind my back or even in

he looked away instead of investigating further. If she's the one who did it, I'll find out sooner or

triggered last night. I took her for a checkup and was told that she had come in contact with an infectious bacterium," Lucian said, then glanced at Aubree meaningfully. "Looks like you weren't infected. I suppose I don't need to bring bad news

Steeling herself, she changed the topic and asked, "Essie had

on an act despite his lack of response. However, Lucian continued to remain silent. Unable to go on with her one-woman show, she asked sheepishly, "Where is she? I'll go and visit her." Lucian pursed his lips and replied, "You don't have to.

to detect. It'll take normal doctors days to find the cause and even longer than that to come up with a treatment. But he doesn't seem to be lying. He

a casual smile at Lucian. "I'm glad that Essie's fine. Her body has always been quite weak since she was a child. She must have been terrified