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

couldn’t help but

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

at how stunned

was brought back to her senses and quickly forced out a smile. “Well, I

and Frieda could tell that something was amiss with Aubree, they refrained from asking any more

turned to his sister. “Hey, how did you know that Dr.

out for lunch with Aubree. Oh, I also know that

Jonathan was momentarily

was some awkwardness

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

and only started

of a sudden, someone rapped

whipped her head around in the direction of the sound, but when she saw who it was, she looked away and pretended not to have

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