The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 944 Answering The Call Outside

Roxanne shut the door and gave Madilyn a call. It took a while before Madilyn answered. "Roxanne? Didn't you go camping? Is there something you need?"

It seemed pretty noisy on the other end of the line, so Roxanne asked, "What are you doing?"

Madilyn sounded pained. "Don't mention it. I was forced to work overtime again."

As soon as she said that, the noise increased. Before Roxanne could say anything, Marilyn hurriedly added, "I need to get back to work. I'll call you later."

She then hung up right away. Roxanne's gaze turned dark as her phone screen dimmed. She didn't call Marilyn back. After a brief hesitation, she tried calling Larry.

in time. Roxanne didn't tell him anything despite his concern. She dismissed him with a few cursory words and hung up. There was no time to explain things. Besides, she didn't want to trouble them further. As her friends couldn't be of help, Roxanne couldn't

Archie observed her side profile and recalled the two calls she made earlier. He could somehow guess

Archie's expression grew grim. "Daddy..." Estella was

voice, Archie had a thought in mind. He sneaked a look at his mother outside

was seated in the conference room, his face devoid of expression. A

their collaboration with Queen Group. They had been holding meetings for the

suddenly vibrated. The conference room descended into silence as everyone turned their attention to the vibrating phone. Lucian's brows snapped together. He grabbed his phone and was about to reject the call when he noticed the caller ID. Archie? Why is he calling at this hour? Didn't

gaze swept over

the manager nodded and

few words when his CEO interjected, "Stop. I need to

he cut his employee short and

the others in

always