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 asked for my help to schedule a meeting with you. She wants to

he spoke, he swept his gaze across

to her feet while wearing a sincere smile. "Dr. Jarvis, I was too

I are good friends, so when I saw how close you were to Lucian, I

in the past was entirely due

she had put the blame on

implicit message in Frieda's words and felt slightly

bring herself

meant. His expression turned grim as

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 would like to be your bestie, too!" she

she offered the gift to

put Roxanne on the spot, making it difficult for the latter to

fairly confident

so there's no way Roxanne will refuse to forgive