Mission To Remarry

“Mr. Farwell, what happened to Dr. Jarvis?” Linda strode to the hospital bed, ignoring the tension swirling around Lucian.

His head swiveled to look at her, and when he recognized that she was Roxanne's assistant, he reined in his temper.

“Have someone from the research institute treat her.”

Linda didn't waste any time and promptly instructed a few researchers to treat Roxanne.

They were all competent in medicine and were more cautious once Lucian told them to investigate in the direction of a poisoning.

If that were true, the poisoning appeared to be critical, judging from Roxanne's pallor.

There was no telling what would happen if they dallied.

Everyone admired and respected Roxanne after the drug pricing incident and didn't want such an unfortunate mishap to happen to a great doctor.

Furthermore, she had led the research institute to notable success after returning to the country.

performed another pulse check and found no

paleness of Roxanne's face indicated something

going on with Dr. Jarvis,” one of the senior researchers apologized regretfully. “Dr. Jarvis' pulse doesn't appear any different from that of a normal person, but her complexion says otherwise.”

him a cold look. “No sh*t, Sherlock! Would I summon you all if she were fine?

words “useless garbage” that had almost left his mouth.

were Roxanne's co-workers at the research institute, and he still had to

one of them responded gruffly.

spoke in hushed tones

as a possibility in Dr. Jarvis' case, but we don't know what caused it. Her pulse is normal. It's as if she's only

Jarvis' complexion wouldn't be so ashen if it were only

Maybe the drug is affecting

and there's nothing wrong

it be... nerve anesthesia? But it shouldn't cause her current complexion...”

look. “No sh*t, Sherlock! Would I summon you all if she were fine? Bunch of...”

spreading

and any suggestion was promptly shot

made