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

reserved them a table near the

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

to the person before him. His words seemed to

Roxanne was taken aback.

buy a necklace for herself, she

to explain to Jack where

merely grinned and did not

necklace. His lips curled into a wry

in the medical field, we like to keep a low profile. No wonder you would leave it in your pocket instead of wearing

that he was implying something, she stared at the person before

the medicinal herbs we're using to develop

diverted when they began talking business. She nodded in agreement and said, “That way, we can ensure better quality,

little worried after finishing her sentence. "But if our research institute will be in charge of the drug's research and development, the supply of raw materials..."

only be responsible for the research and development. As for the medicinal

breathed a sigh of relief when she heard

about the new drug became