The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 1027 She Has Given Up On You

The look on Lucian's face grew solemn the moment he heard that. How does Roxanne feel about me? I've never thought about that before...

According to her, she has always treated me like a complete stranger. However, I can tell from her attitude toward me that she sees me as more than a stranger. Could it be that she has started to develop feelings for me after my attempts at wooing her?

Lucian let out a wry chuckle at the irony of that thought. I had assumed Roxanne would feel touched by my efforts, but her response suggested otherwise. In fact, she has been acting as though my actions are causing her a lot of trouble. She probably wished I would just leave her alone, huh?

Jonathan's heart sank as well when he saw Lucian's expression grow increasingly cold. After a few minutes of awkward silence, he said, “It's possible that Dr. Jarvis has completely given up on you."

any issues with his methods. He figured the problem must've been with Roxanne's feelings

put myself in her shoes, I wouldn't be able to forgive you for what happened six years ago either. Dr. Jarvis had been living overseas for the past six years, so why did she return all of a sudden? I believe it's because she has let go of

it, Roxanne did claim that we're just strangers when she first returned

affected the air around him, Jonathan felt a shiver

corrected himself by saying, "T-This isn't necessarily a bad thing, though! If Dr. Jarvis has completely given up on you, then the process

icy-cold gaze that he realized he had said

to be simpler! Given Lucian's situation, it's obvious that the difficulty level is through the roof! Honestly, if I weren't part of the reason he ended up like this, I probably would've taken off long ago! Whatever, I've given him far too much advice to back out now. I can't just sit idly by and watch

his throat and said, "It's also possible that

arched an eyebrow