The Abandoned Wife

Roxanne noticed his expression darkening and assumed it was because he did not enjoy the lunch earlier, so helplessly, she continued to reassure him.

"It made me very happy that you guys put a lot of effort into helping me prepare lunch. Thank you for that."

However, as soon as her words fell, Lucian put his arms around her waist and kissed her on the lips.

His actions promptly took Roxanne aback, and she instinctively glanced at the car just in time to see the heads of the three children poking out of the window.

"Mommy! We want a kiss too!"

The children's initial guilty expression changed after she noticed them, and they happily swung open the car door and got out.

Roxanne glanced at the calm-looking man in front of her before focusing on the children's expectant expressions. She crouched down and kissed each child individually, the shyness within her vanished because of them.

The children also obediently encircled her neck with their arms and kissed her on the cheek. "Don't forget to take good care of yourself, Mommy!"

After getting up and bidding farewell to Lucian, she

two days did leave her feeling a little exhausted, seeing Lucian and the kids earlier had filled her with motivation

began to

shortly after she had been working,

it and discovered that it was a call

take the call, assuming

of the line. "My apologies, Ms. Jarvis. I've been caught

owns such a sizable

apologetic. "I happened to be free today, so if you don't mind, I can come

when

sure you know that the Damaris family is knowledgeable in this aspect. I can spare you some detours and perhaps also offer some suggestions for improvement,"

drug with superior efficacy, so she had no reason to refuse after hearing

I'll have to trouble you to

chuckled before ending

Jack had arrived at the research institute a scant step behind Lucian and