The Abandoned Wife

"When did you buy it?" questioned Roxanne with a slightly tense tone and trembling eyelashes. We didn't leave each other when we were in the mall, and I didn't see him buy a gift. Lucian knitted his eyebrow and answered in a resigned tone, "When I brought my bags here earlier. I didn't expect you to get lost when I was delayed for a few minutes."

His lips curled into a wry smile when he recalled the rare dazed look on her face from earlier.

When he brought that up, she blushed and reflexively avoided his stare, inadvertently shifting her line of sight to the box on the seat.

Lucian coaxed, "Get in the car. It's getting late. If we don't set off now, it'll be night by the time we return home."

Nodding hesitantly, Roxanne stepped into the seat.

He entered the driver's seat and drove off.

Meanwhile, she put the white box on her knees instead of opening them.

He didn't urge her either.

After they left the parking lot, he asked, "Do you want to visit the nursing home first, or should we head straight back home?"

worried about the residents there, and we'll

as a surprise for Roxanne. She pondered for a

drove toward the

path to the nursing home, she wondered, I don't remember telling him the address, yet he seems to know

stepped into the building. She saw the doctors were still busying about, but she could tell from their expressions that the

few doctors and asked them about the situation. It wasn't until

a few of the residents she

when they saw Jack wasn't with her. "Why didn't you visit with Dr. Damaris today,

goodbye with a smile when she heard that. Her grin froze before she turned around and explained resignedly to

felt

mind since it wosn't the first time they stood

loter, she sow the reolizotion in the residents'

we've misunderstood your relotionship with Dr. Domoris, Dr. Jorvis. This is your boyfriend, right?" The old womon swiftly corrected

her mouth, intending

things thot hoppened between her ond Lucion, she didn't hove it in her

behoved gentlemonly with

ot Roxonne coringly.

Roxonne

locking compored to Dr. Domoris. I don't think you two hove much to tolk obout since you