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.

to his feet and pulled out the chair for her like the gentleman he was. "Frieda recognized the error of her ways, so she asked for my help to schedule a

he spoke, he swept his gaze across his

"Dr. Jarvis, I

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 I was in the wrong.

in the past was entirely due to

sentence, she had

implicit message in

herself

what Frieda meant. His expression turned grim as he chided,

she retrieved

the past, so could you please forgive me? Since Jonathan and Lucian are best friends, I would like to

she offered

those words, she had put Roxanne on the spot, making it difficult for the latter to

fairly confident

so there's no way Roxanne will