Mission To Remarry

“I’m sorry. I’ve been so busy investigating the incident that day that I forgot to contact you.”

Biting the bullet, she apologized to the man.

Fortunately, Jack didn’t continue pursuing the matter. He merely looked her up and down with a smile, seemingly to ascertain that she had recovered.

“I’ve recovered fully now. Sorry for worrying you these past few days, Mr. Damaris,” Roxanne murmured.

“I’m glad to hear that. I went to the hospital to visit you the night you passed out, but Mr. Farwell said I’d disrupt your rest and didn’t allow me in,” Jack commented in what appeared to be an offhanded manner.

Hearing that, Roxanne turned to the man beside her.

Lucian met her gaze calmly. “I told you about it. It was indeed late at that time. Mr. Damaris must have had the same concerns as me, for he didn’t insist on going in.”

That was to say, he had already told Roxanne about the matter.

Jack’s expression changed drastically.

visit her. Unexpectedly, he’d informed her

studied Roxanne’s expression, but there was nothing

wasn’t a hint of censure

his gaze in slight chagrin, only

eyes held, the tension between them

between them, Roxanne furtively tugged at the hem of

Jack didn’t do anything wrong. They were the ones who misunderstood

was discharged from the hospital the next morning, and Mr. Farwell told me about it. Thank you for giving me first-aid treatment at the research

front of her with all the sincerity in the world while putting in a good word for Lucian surreptitiously, hoping that the tension between them

of them seemed

Lucian snorted disdainfully.

shifting his gaze to Roxanne with helplessness written all over his face.

at the man beside her, wishing that

stage. Hence, she would inevitably have to face him on a daily basis in the