Leaving The Country After Divorce

“When did you buy it?” questioned Roxanne with a slightly tense tone and trembling eyelashes. We didn't leave each other when we were in the mall, and I didn't see him buy a gift.

“When did you buy it?” questioned Roxanne with a slightly tense tone and trembling eyelashes. We didn't leave each other when we were in the mall, and I didn't see him buy a gift.

Lucian knitted his eyebrow and answered in a resigned tone, “When I brought my bags here earlier. I didn't expect you to get lost when I was delayed for a few minutes.”

His lips curled into a wry smile when he recalled the rare dazed look on her face from earlier.

When he brought that up, she blushed and reflexively avoided his stare, inadvertently shifting her line of sight to the box on the seat.

Lucian coaxed, “Get in the car. It's getting late. If we don't set off now, it'll be night by the time we return home.”

Nodding hesitantly, Roxanne stepped into the seat.

He entered the driver's seat and drove off.

Meanwhile, she put the white box on her knees instead of opening them.

He didn't urge her either.

After they left the parking lot, he asked, “Do you want to visit the nursing home first, or should we head straight back home?”

the residents there, and we'll be heading in its

question came as a surprise for Roxanne. She pondered for a moment and answered,

then drove

familiar he was with the path to the nursing home, she wondered, I don't remember telling him the

car was parked in front of the nursing home, Roxanne stepped into the building. She saw the doctors were still busying about, but she could

approached a few doctors and asked them about the situation. It wasn't until she had confirmation the residents were doing fine

across a few of the

Jack wasn't with her. “Why didn't you visit with Dr. Damaris

froze before she turned around and explained resignedly to the old woman speaking to her. “You have misunderstood our relationship,

her sentence, she felt the person behind her stepping closer to

first time they stood so intimately

later, she saw the realization in

Damaris, Dr. Jarvis. This is your boyfriend, right?” The old woman swiftly corrected herself and inspected Lucian briefly. “Hmm, he's tall and handsome. I think he's a good fit

intending to offer some

and Lucian, she

of Lucian's mouth curved upward. He behaved gentlemanly

Roxanne caringly. “Is he a doctor

not,” Roxanne