Leaving The Country After Divorce

Chapter 1694 His Fault

Roxanne's surprise was something Lucian had expected.

Nevertheless, he did not plan to hide anything about Jack from her.

He wanted her to find out how dangerous Jack was so that she would stay far from him.

“Every time you talked business with him, he had been using an aroma lamp to diffuse the poison he made. The poison only takes effect after a few times of exposure,” Lucian revealed Jack's nefarious plan.

A thought popped into Roxanne's mind when she heard that. “No wonder...”

“No wonder what?”

Roxanne met his eyes and said, “I clearly rejected him about the collaboration with Damaris Group, but Jack suddenly came to the research institute and asked to have a talk about it in the car. I caught a whiff of something in the car, but I didn't dwell on it at that time.”

must have been the last dose of poison from

spine when she thought about Jack's face. “I thought he was benevolent because he was a doctor,

could not believe a Damaris would be that devious.

happened to you.” Lucian's guilt and self-blame

senses at his words and disagreed with him. “Why would you say that? This was Jack's

Lucian's lips as he ran his fingers through her long hair. “If I hadn't taught you how to negotiate with others, you wouldn't have got into a conflict with him regarding the profits. I'd rather have you settle on a fifty-fifty profit back

raised her hand to grab

how things work. Even if you didn't teach me those skills, I'd still have insisted on my idea. In fact, this might have dragged on even longer. He couldn't find the chance to give me the last dose because of the skills you thought me, and that was why he ended

her that Jack might have been poisoning her for an even longer time

sense the changes in

poisoning was already set in stone. It did

snapped back to her senses at his words and disagreed with him. “Why would you

not for Lucian, she might not have actually remained

brought a furrow to her brows. “Jack's such a meticulous person with his plan. Would he have given you the antidote so easily? Did you agree to