The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 806 Opposing Emotions

After watching the children enter the kindergarten, Roxanne turned to Lucian with mixed emotions and started, "The boys told me that it was you who sent me home last night."

Lucian nodded noncommittally. He averted his gaze from her and looked to the side as if nothing had happened. In truth, he couldn't help recalling the scene from the night before at the sight of her face. Roxanne trailed his gaze, only to see his car that was parked by the roadside. Thinking that he was in a hurry to leave, she decided to get straight to the point. "Can you tell me how we ran into each other last night?"

Lucian's face turned cold when Roxanne mentioned their encounter. "We happened to run into each other in the hotel elevator."

Even though he didn't describe how he had wrestled her away from Jack's arms, Roxanne had no trouble imagining it.

Jack. It goes without saying that something

surprised her this time was that Lucian didn't probe further about her relationship with Jack. When the thought struck her, a

ceremony because he and Jack are competitors. And that must be the reason he showed up at the hotel.

Roxanne felt slighted for some reason. Nevertheless, she kept her emotions to herself and expressed her gratitude flatly instead. "Thank you for sending

of her and Jack together angered him. However, when he saw her face, he couldn't help but be

of opposing emotions, Lucian couldn't bring himself to question her

a sudden, an inexplicable tension emerged between

gave him a distant smile. "If there's nothing else, I'll be on

past Lucian without giving him a chance

stop her. It wasn't until her footsteps could barely be heard that he finally returned to his

research institute, Roxanne felt unsettled as her mind kept dwelling upon