The Abandoned Wife

Chapter 1292

"Did I say anything wrong? I'm more than happy to help pick Archie and Benny up and look after them if you can't make it. Do you not want my help?" Lucian replied in the most matter-of-fact tone possible.

He then eyed Roxanne from head to toe as he continued, "If you don't want me to do that, I can have Cayden-"

Roxanne knew just how persistent he could get, so she quickly cut him off, "All right, I'll pick Essie up if you're too busy."

Satisfied with her answer, Lucian nodded slowly in response.

Looking at the time on her watch, Roxanne said, "Anyway, I need to get to work now. See you later in the evening."

She was worried about the research institute, as it had been without a leader for two days straight.

was about to leave when Lucian called out to her with a displeased frown, "That's it? Are you just

paused in her tracks and let

completely ever since I agreed to let him court me... For some reason, I just can't bring myself to say no to him... Roxanne turned around and asked, "What else do you want

on, Lucian had walked up to her and given her a

Lucian gently rubbed her lips as he continued with a mysterious

a good few seconds to come back to her

she realized he had kissed her in front of

"You..."

her in public again, but she held her tongue as she didn't want him to think there

Lucian

Roxanne snapped at him

lot of people around when Lucian kissed her, Roxanne refused to stick around in case someone had

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the research institute, but