The Abandoned Wife

At noon the next day, Jonathan brought Frieda shopping. They bought a bunch of gifts before driving to the restaurant where they were supposed to meet Roxanne.

The restaurant was near the research institute. Due to the closeness of both locations, Roxanne thought she could head back to do some more work if their meeting ended early. Something in the research institute held her up, so Jonathan and Frieda were already waiting in the private room by the time she arrived.

"I'm sorry, Dr. Jarvis. Did I interrupt your work?"

Despite addressing Roxanne by her name in front of Lucian, Jonathan was mindful of his behavior and addressed her politely when she was present.

Roxanne offered him a polite smile. Her gaze then landed on Frieda, and confusion crossed her eyes.

If I'm not mistaken, Frieda never liked me. So why is she here today?

Considering how busy she was handling various projects at the research institute, Roxanne did not want to be involved in any trouble.

error of her ways, so she

swept his gaze across

her feet while wearing a sincere smile. "Dr. Jarvis, I was too immature in the past.

she paused before continuing, "Aubree and I are good friends, so when I saw how close you were to Lucian, I immediately harbored prejudices against you. I now realize

horrible attitude toward Roxanne in the past was entirely

she had put the blame on

understood the implicit message in Frieda's words and felt

could not bring herself

also realized what Frieda meant. His expression turned grim as

expression grew increasingly sincere as she retrieved a gift she had bought

realized my mistakes now. You're the only one Lucian has ever loved. Roxanne, I was foolish in the past, so could you please forgive me? Since Jonathan and Lucian are best friends, I

speaking, she offered the gift

spot, making it difficult for the latter to refuse without

fairly confident that she would win

myself this much, so there's no way Roxanne will refuse to