Chapter 91

After dinner, Alfred returned to his room to rest.

Roxanne followed him to give him one final checkup before heading downstairs to bid her goodbye.

“It’s so late now. Let me give you a lift home;” Jonathan piped up.

“No, it’s fine,” Roxanne replied with a smile. “You still have guests to entertain.”

Jonathan knew she was right and decided not to insist further. “In that case, please be careful on your way home. Oh, by the way, I hope you won’t take my grandfather’s words to heart. At his age, he tends to worry about things like that.”

Roxanne merely smiled and turned to leave.

“It’s getting late, and I still have work to do. I think I’ll be taking my leave now,” Lucian suddenly said when he saw Roxanne walking out of the mansion.

Aubree, who had become very wary, decided to follow suit. “Oh, I’m also thinking about leaving. Let’s go together, then.”“No. It’s not like we’re taking the same routes. I’ll be going now,” Lucian answered indifferently, striding off before Aubree could say anything else.

him walk away, Aubree stood in a daze,

help but furrow

he could already feel something was wrong between Lucian and the two women, but

at how stunned

to her senses and quickly forced out a smile. “Well, I still have work to do, so I shan’t disturb you guys any

that something was amiss with Aubree, they refrained from asking any more questions. After exchanging a few more

they were back in the mansion, Jonathan immediately turned to his sister. “Hey, how

pursed her lips. “I saw them when I was out for lunch with Aubree. Oh, I also know that she’s Lucian’s ex-wife! I

was momentarily shocked before realization

nagging feeling that there was some awkwardness between Dr. Jarms

getting into her car, Roxanne still felt pretty unsettled from the conversations at

a moment to collect her thoughts and only started the car when she

a sudden, someone rapped on

around in the direction of the sound, but when she saw who

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