Leaving The Country After Divorce

Chapter 1222

little over what had happened to him.“Does he mean that much to you? Besides the kids, is he the first person you care about after recovering?” He stared at her intently, slowly moving closer to the hospital bed as he spoke.Puzzled by his sudden anger, she frowned and asked, “I was only asking because I could see he tried calling me quite a few times. Moreover, he was with me when I got poisoned—”“He was with you when you passed out,” Lucian said, cutting in before she finished her sentence.Recalling the scene, Roxanne nodded without hesitation.I don’t know whether I’m reading too much into it, but it seems as though Lucian’s statement has a deeper meaning.Standing next to the bed, he gazed down at her and asked in an interrogative tone, “So, have you wondered why both of you inhaled the toxic gas, yet only you lost consciousness from getting poisoned and suffered severe symptoms while he’s still fit as a fiddle?”Upon hearing that, she was stunned as what he was implying finally struck her.He suspects that the experiment went wrong because Jack tampered with it!When that realization dawned on her, she contradicted him without a second thought. “There’s no reason for Mr. Damaris to do that.” Seeing that she was willing to defend Jack at the drop of a hat, Lucian’s gaze darkened, and his tone turned even more solemn as he responded, “I see that you trust him a lot.”Alarmed by the palpable tension that suddenly radiated around him, she realized she had spoken too hastily and consciously softened her tone. “It isn’t a