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?”

residents there, and we'll be heading in

a surprise for Roxanne. She pondered for a moment

then drove toward the

the path to the nursing home, she wondered, I don't remember telling him the

nursing home, Roxanne stepped into the building. She saw the doctors were still busying about, but she could tell from their expressions that the

and asked them about the situation. It wasn't until she had confirmation the residents were doing fine that she

she came across a few of the residents she

“Why didn't you visit with Dr. Damaris

with a smile when she heard that. Her grin froze before she turned around and explained resignedly to the old woman speaking to her. “You have misunderstood our

she felt the person

the first time

the realization in the

relationship with Dr. Damaris, Dr. Jarvis. This is your boyfriend, right?” The old woman swiftly corrected herself

intending

between her and Lucian, she

mouth curved upward. He behaved gentlemanly

stared at Roxanne caringly. “Is he a

not,” Roxanne replied