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.

watched him walk away, Aubree stood in a daze, her face

help but

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

mumbled, baffled at how stunned her friend

a smile. “Well, I still have work to do, so I shan’t disturb you

with Aubree, they refrained from asking any more questions. After exchanging a few more words, they

back in the mansion, Jonathan immediately turned to his

with Aubree. Oh, I also

was momentarily shocked before

nagging feeling that there was some awkwardness between Dr. Jarms and Lucian!

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

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

of a sudden, someone rapped on the

sound, but when she saw who it was, she looked away and pretended

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