Mission To Remarry

“Madilyn. She's worried about me and kept asking how I'm doing,” Roxanne replied with a smile.

Lucian nodded and asked casually as he sat down beside the bed, “I noticed that one of the doctors was out when I arrived. Did he tell you where he was going?”

The smile on Roxanne's face was frozen in place when she heard that.

She wasn't expecting Lucian to even notice such details, let alone ask about it.

After taking a few seconds to regain her composure, Roxanne replied as calmly as possible, “I'm not sure. I'll be fine as long as there are people around. It doesn't matter if one or two of them step away for a bit.

She then let out a helpless sigh and added, “I've already regained consciousness, so you don't need to have so many of them standing by. You should let them head back and get some rest.”

Lucian seemed to be in deep thought as he retrieved an apple from the grocery bag and slowly peeled it.

can't seem to figure out why... Hmm... Her reaction and that of the experts outside the ward all seem rather suspicious. She must've told them something while I was out earlier. Given the situation at hand, her poisoning is the only possible thing they could've

in Lucian's eyes turned gloomy at the thought of that.

the apple and stared solemnly at Roxanne as he asked, “Is it true that the poison

let out a helpless chuckle after a brief pause. “You noticed?”

she wouldn't be able to hide it from Lucian for long, but she didn't think he would find out

tell you after I had found a way to neutralize the poison. I'm sorry I lied to you after promising to not keep secrets from you just earlier,” she continued with an apologetic look

the flames of anger began to burn within his eyes. “Did Jack pull some kind of trick on

her head. “The antidote is real. It's just that...”

colder as he pressed

Roxanne decided to not

five times more of what he gave me in order to completely rid my body of that poison. I had a discussion with the experts earlier. We now have a lead and might be on to something, so you don't have to

eyes were clearly filled with anxiousness when he looked at her, but he soon regained his composure and said calmly, “Oh, I'm not worried. I