The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 794 What You Are Doing Is Pointless

A flash of self-mockery flitted across Roxanne's eyes. She was worried that Lucian might find trouble with Jack because of her, but it turned out that she had gotten it all wrong.

All the while, Lucian was finding trouble with her because of Jack. Seeing the change in the woman's expression, Lucian realized that what he had just said might have been too suggestive. With his brows knitted together, Lucian was prepared to explain himself, but Roxanne beat him to the punch.

"Since it's business-related, you can reason with Mr. Damaris himself. I'm merely a researcher in this project. Both my words and my presence don't carry much weight, so even if I'm not there at the ceremony, it can still proceed without a hitch."

Roxanne looked at the man in front of her with a tinge of mockery in her gaze as she continued, "I'm just an insignificant member of the project. If don't attend the ceremony today, my colleagues will assume I'm unsociable and bring me trouble in the future. Mr. Farwell, please don't put me in a tight spot."

The crease between Lucian's brows deepened when he heard the woman's words. She had indeed misunderstood him.

"That's not what I meant!" he declared.

made Roxanne scoff. "Then what do you mean, Mr. Farwell? Are you treating me as a punching bag because

his eyes. He could not think of a way to explain himself as he was caught up in the heat of the moment. Hence, he reached out to grab the woman's wrist, not wanting to let

to break free of Lucian's grip, but he

after struggling for a while, Roxanne glared at the man in front of

what to say to appease her anger. In the end, his retort was

a moment, the atmosphere between the two was thick with

car in her own courtyard and was observing

tighten when the former

third wheel, but in a situation like this, she was afraid that her best

out of her

arrived at Roxanne's doorstep, Madilyn felt rather awkward, but she steeled herself and pretended as if she

around Roxanne's wrist when he noticed someone

to Madilyn, "You came just in time. Now that you're here, it's time for me to go.

toward her car and drove off to meet