The Abandoned Wife

The reason Roxanne did not wear the necklace was that it was indeed inconvenient.

When she arrived at the research institute, she took off the necklace and kept it in the pocket of her jacket.

After bustling around for the entire morning, Jack suddenly called during lunchtime, telling her something cropped up. He asked if they could meet at night instead. Roxanne did not think too much about it and agreed.

When evening came, Roxanne exited the research institute to find Jack waiting for her by the entrance.

"I'm so sorry. Something happened at the company this afternoon, and I couldn't leave," Jack apologized as soon as he saw her.

Unbothered, Roxanne smiled. "That's okay. Work is more important. Are we still going to the restaurant we reserved yesterday? You go ahead. I'll follow behind."

With that, she turned and made her way toward her car.

The look in Jack's eyes turned gloomy as he watched her approach her car without hesitation. He said nothing and got into his own car.

Both cars drove off from the research institute.

and

already reserved them a table near

off her jacket, and in the process, the necklace fell out

before him. His words seemed to insinuate a deeper

Roxanne was taken aback.

to buy a necklace for herself, she would

see a need to explain to Jack where the

merely grinned

tell who gave her the necklace. His lips curled into a wry smile

necklace attracts too much attention. As people in the medical field, we like to keep a low profile. No wonder

he was implying something, she stared at

of the medicinal herbs we're using to develop the new drug are planted by the Damaris family. My grandpa also hopes we'll use the Damaris family's raw materials

immediately diverted when they began talking business. She nodded in agreement

our research institute will be in charge of the drug's research and development, the supply of raw materials..." I'm afraid the Damaris family would demand

the research and development. As for the

breathed a sigh of relief

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