The Abandoned Wife

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While the reporters' photos depicted a woman standing at the helicopter door, Jack knew Lucian was behind it.

He thought the matter had ended when the celebrity scandals dominated the public consciousness that afternoon. Thus, the next day, he planned to meet up with Roxanne by using the project as an excuse. To his surprise, her assistant told him she wasn't in the research institute.

In fact, he received the same answer over the next few days.

By then, no matter how stupid Jack was, he could still realize what was happening.

had left with Lucian, so he wondered how

it was a whole week, and that enraged

he spoke. "Even though the development of our project was about to begin, the person in charge of the

Due to a personal issue, I had to lie low for a while and inadvertently delayed the project. You've

where she went with Lucian or what she did during the past week doesn't matter. What matters is that I can win her over as long as she remains within my reach! When his train of

mind and grinned. "Of course! Tell me when

but I'll decide the location of our meal as well. You'll be spending quite a bit

lighten your mood, I'm willing to

speak about the project's progress. The research

"I'm sorry."

it. There's nothing we can do to regain lost time. I'll be pleased as long as our