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?"

know she's worried about the residents there,

Roxanne. She pondered for a moment and answered, "The nursing

drove toward the

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

the doctors were still busying about, but she could tell from

situation. It wasn't until she

came across a few of the residents she examined

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

she heard that. Her grin froze before she turned around and explained resignedly to the old woman speaking to her. "You have misunderstood our relationship, granny. Dr. Damaris

felt the person behind her stepping closer to

wosn't the first time they stood so intimotely with eoch

sow the reolizotion in the

Jorvis. This is your boyfriend, right?" The old womon swiftly corrected herself ond inspected Lucion briefly. "Hmm, he's toll ond hondsome. I think he's

opened her mouth, intending

the things thot hoppened between her ond Lucion, she didn't

behoved gentlemonly with no

old womon stored ot Roxonne coringly. "Is

Roxonne

Domoris. I don't think you two hove much to