Mission To Remarry

“Why are you here alone? Where's Roxanne?”

Jonathan gingerly put that question forth, but at the mere mention of Roxanne, the atmosphere in the room dipped frightfully.

He hastily zipped his mouth and sat there silently, waiting for Lucian to speak first.

An indeterminate time passed before the man's voice broke the silence. He sounded bone-tired.

“Something has happened to Roxanne.”

Although Jonathan had long since drawn that conclusion, his heart still clenched when he heard Lucian's tone.

Based on his understanding of the man, Roxanne must be in real trouble this time.

“Is there anything I can do to help?” he voluntarily offered.

Putting down the cup of coffee, Lucian leaned back against the couch. He lifted his hands and covered his eyes, his voice beyond grim.

and she has been unconscious for a day and a night. I got a lot of doctors to check

shock deluged Jonathan.

within him and racked his brain to help figure out a

doctors have gone into seclusion, and you can't hire them even if you've got money. But if I use my grandfather's name and implore

the latter to prepare the invitations that night itself before sending them out to those skilled doctors living in solitude.

him in a hoarse voice,

If we were really standing on formality, wouldn't I have to prostrate myself

resources alone had already enabled the Queen family to expand to almost double its scale in

even more esteemed reputation when Roxanne's new medicine hit the

merely heaved a long sigh without responding to

“Don't worry. Someone as kind as Roxanne will definitely pull through. In light of her having saved

reassurance, he wasn't all that confident about it.

society for the past few years and had a century

insidious tactic Jack

true.”

up his cup of coffee, hoping to use the beverage

that, Jonathan was shocked to the core.

known that Lucian loved Roxanne deeply, but he had never expected Roxanne's current situation to scare him to such a