Mission To Remarry

Old Mr. Lomax!

Colby's eyes were filled with shock at Lucian's words.

He even managed to hire Old. Mr. Lomax. Even more surprisingly, Old Mr. Lomax couldn't handle Roxanne's condition. Otherwise, Lucian would not have come to see me today.

“What else did the old gentleman say?” He was desperate to hear Peregrine's diagnosis.

Lucian shook his head, his expression dark. “Old Mr. Lomax is still perusing the medical literature for a way to cure Roxanne.”

Colby turned grim; his eyes thoughtful. “Let me mull it over. I will think of something.”

life at stake. Even Old Mr. Lomax couldn't save her. I need to do something for her

over and over again in his mind.

as he tried to decipher any information he could from those

despite wracking his brain, he could not think of any medicinal herbs that could match the drug's efficacy.

grew frustrated.

Jarvis spent most of her time in the laboratory. She is susceptible to the smells of medicinal herbs, including rare specimens that have passed through her hands. She would have noticed something if she smelled something poisonous, and Jack knows this.” Swiftly, he arrived at a possibility.

yourself if you can't come up with anything.” Lucian felt touched at the sight of Colby's panic. “As you said, despite Old Mr. Lomax's

composure, though there were traces of defeat in his gaze. “If Old Mr. Lomax could come up with

looked at him in puzzlement. “Why

and that it would not be unusual for Roxanne to

said, “I have worked with Dr. Jarvis to develop several medications that would undoubtedly be of great interest to the industry, some of which were based on Old Mr. Lomax's research. He should have had a share in the

without warning years ago and left behind much half-done research. He had even released it to the world, hoping that somebody would take over and produce something with his