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.

with Jack. It goes without saying that something unpleasant must have happened between

this time was that Lucian didn't probe further about her relationship with Jack. When the thought struck her, a peculiar feeling arose from within, causing her to recall their conversation the day

stop me from going to the contract signing ceremony because he and Jack are competitors. And that must be the reason he showed up at the hotel. It was just that he had arrived too late. Is the conclusion of the matter the reason he no longer cares about my relationship with

expressed

saw her face, he couldn't help but be reminded of the scene from

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

tension emerged between the two of

her thoughts, Roxanne gave him a distant smile. "If there's nothing

walked past Lucian without

It wasn't until her footsteps could barely be heard that he finally returned

way to the research institute, Roxanne felt unsettled as her mind kept dwelling upon her conversation with Lucian and his