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.

gentleman he was. "Frieda recognized the error of her ways, so she asked for my help to schedule a meeting with you. She wants to apologize to

swept

"Dr. Jarvis, I was too immature in

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

implied that her horrible attitude toward Roxanne in the past was entirely

mere sentence, she had put

in Frieda's words and

not bring herself to accept

realized what Frieda meant. His expression turned

increasingly sincere as she retrieved a gift

foolish in the past, so could you please forgive me? Since Jonathan and Lucian are best friends,

offered the gift

Roxanne on the spot, making

was fairly confident

no way Roxanne will