The Abandoned Wife

Mild disgruntlement stained Lucian's face. "Why did he come?"

"The experiment Dr. Galloway tampered with was under Damaris Group's project. Naturally, Mr. Damaris needed to come over and check on the situation," Roxanne explained patiently.

Right after saying that, she frowned and chided, "Your attitude was horrible. Not only did you misunderstand him for such a long time previously, but you were even hostile with him earlier. Shouldn't you have apologized to him?"

Lucian's expression darkened frightfully, but in her presence, he still kept a leash on his temper. "That's impossible." Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FindNʘᴠᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Jack must have some other motive to have come over. It was certainly not as simple as checking on the situation. It'd be more apt to say that he came to provoke me!

Roxanne was entirely oblivious to the silent battle that had ensued between the two men's gazes earlier. Consequently, she found his resolute refusal pretty unreasonable.

"Where exactly did your hostility toward Mr. Damaris come from? Back at the hospital, it was because you suspected him of being the culprit who tampered with the experiment. But now, it has been proven tha the matter had nothing to do with him. In fact, he was also a victim. Why do you still have such prejudice toward him now?"

When she had finished saying that, something abruptly occurred to her, and she added, "Even if you were rivals with him in the past, it has all ended now. That aside, you won. Why-"

complete her sentence, Lucian interrupted with a frown, "It has nothing to do

Roxanne, and

there seemed to

that... he's

thought, she eyed the grim-faced man beside

together deeply, and he didn't appear inclined to explain

that Mr. Damaris has feelings for me?"

without answering that, but the look in his

flooded Roxanne. "How could that be? Mr. Damaris and I are only collaboration partners. If he truly has designs

perceive Colby's interest in you?" Lucian was displeased by

Roxanne couldn't

reason he'd take a fancy to me. Glimpsing her skepticism, Lucian elaborated solemnly, "He treated you to meals and even gave you flowers. Additionally,

everything Jack

Roxanne without a

But then, they