Mission To Remarry

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.”

been the last dose of poison from

her spine when she thought about Jack's face. “I thought he was benevolent

could not believe a Damaris would be

my fault that this happened to you.” Lucian's guilt and self-blame

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

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 then.”

look, Roxanne raised her hand to grab his.

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

been poisoning

already sense the changes in Jack before

poisoning was already set in stone. It did not matter

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

fact, if not for Lucian, she might not have actually remained alive this time.

a furrow to her brows. “Jack's such a meticulous person with his plan. Would