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

face. “I thought he was benevolent because he was a doctor,

not believe a Damaris would be

to you.” Lucian's guilt and self-blame were visible in his

senses at his words and disagreed with him.

lips as he ran his 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

look, Roxanne raised her hand to grab his.

on my idea. In fact, this might have dragged on even longer. He couldn't find

been poisoning her for an even longer time than

in Jack before this collaboration.

poisoning was already set in stone. It did

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

fact, if not for Lucian, she might not have

entered her mind and brought a furrow to her brows. “Jack's such a meticulous person with