With that in mind, Roxanne went on to ask, “Why would you say that? What does this have to do with Lucian?”
That yielded a frown from Larry. “You must have sensed that whoever is behind this must be out to get you.”
Roxanne responded with a grunt. “I am aware of that, but… I can’t think of any reason why Lucian could be driven to do something like this.”
“I’ve been asking around. Farwell Group had secretly put out the word to all the major suppliers, warning them that they would be setting themselves up against Farwell Group if they dared to collaborate with you,” a grim-faced Larry replied.
Hearing that brought out a look of astonishment in Roxanne’s eyes.
Beside her, Colby’s brows also creased up upon hearing that.
Farwell Group was behind this? But since when had they crossed paths with Farwell Group?
To be precise, when did Roxanne get so tangled up with Farwell Group to the point that they felt that they needed to devote that much effort toward dealing with her?
Colby suddenly thought of Aubree.
Even at that point, he still had no idea what enmity could have existed between Roxanne and that woman, so much so that the latter wanted to target them the way she did.
If memory serves, Ms. Pearson is openly known as Mr. Farwell’s fiancée. Could it be that Ms. Pearson is trying to rid herself of a potential rival?
Then again, it would not be likely, for they would have been able to sit there so leisurely had that been true.
For the life of him, Colby was simply unable to wrap his head around the matter.
Roxanne, though, had a good hunch of her own. “No. It wasn’t Lucian,” she calmly explained.
“Then who could it be?” Larry wore a solemn expression on his face.
“It doesn’t matter.” Roxanne twitched her lips. “You shouldn’t continue to get yourself involved in this anymore, I already feel bad enough about dragging the research institute into my personal issues, so I certainly don’t wish to end up dragging you down as well.”
Larry fell silent briefly before he sought clarification. “Does that mean to say that you’ve already figured out who is behind this? I’ve no problems about staying out of this, but I need to know whether he means to do you harm.”
After some consideration, Roxanne replied in earnest, “I think that the research institute was targeted because that person wants to drive me out of Horington. Well, don’t you worry. Worse come to worse, I’d just go back. I’m sure the situation with the research institute would eventually improve once I’m out of the picture.”
Larry scowled, but nevertheless agreed.
When she ended the call, Sonya’s poker face manifested inside of Roxanne’s head.
She could think of no one apart from the former inside Farwell Group who would treat her that way.
Roxanne’s brows shriveled into a taut furrow upon gaining that insight into the situation.
She wondered what exactly had happened in the places beyond her peripheral range? Why did Sonya decide to strike against me all of a sudden?
Remembering their last meeting at the coffee shop, Sonya’s message was obvious. There would be consequences if she were to make any further contact with Lucian.
I hadn’t actually met up with that man since that time.
Roxanne had, in actuality, went as far as to make plans to relocate overseas with her children once her business in Chanaea was concluded.
Hence, the timing of Sonya’s decision to strike at her now benefitted no one, not even Sonya herself.
Roxanne’s head was throbbing hard. Somewhat vexed, she pulled out her handphone with the intention of calling Sonya up to question the latter.
After dialing her number several times, she received as many automated responses, making it apparent that she had been blacklisted.
A dejected Roxanne switched off her phone and went over to Colby at the side. “I’m sorry that the research institute has been affected because of my personal matters.”
Having heard her phone conversation with Larry and the change in her demeanor afterward, Colby more or less got a clue as to what was going on. Thus, he merely smiled genially. “Well, it has already happened, so I think we should just focus on trying to come up with solutions”
Roxanne nodded in agreement.
Then, the two unanimously thought about the Queen family.
Previously, as repayment for Roxanne’s help in curing Alfred, the Queen family had promised to provide the research institute with medicinal herb supplies.
Once the Queen family were amendable, the other suppliers likewise followed suit, backtracking on what they said before and started approaching her to seek collaboration with them.
The research institute had been working with a number of suppliers simultaneously. Knowing well that those people were under duress from the Pearson family and had no choice but to comply, she held no ill feelings toward them.
Coincidentally, we did not source supplies from the Queen family in our latest round of acquisitions. I wonder if they could have any surpluses to spare.
The very thought of that filled Roxanne with a renewed sense of optimism. “Check with Queen Group to see if they have the medicinal ingredients we need. As we did not place an order earlier, I don’t know whether there would be enough time for us to do so,” Roxanne said.
Colby concurred, “My exact sentiments.”
Following that, he pulled out his phone to ring up the person-in-charge over at Queen Group.
The duo invariably started to worry when their call did not connect for a while.
Roxanne nonetheless held on to a sliver of hope inside.
Queen Group was a leader in the medical industry, and considering the good relations Queen Group enjoyed with Farwell Group, she was not convinced that Farwell Group would go as far as to threaten Queen Group as well. More than that, she refused to believe Jonathan to be the sort who would go back on his word.
That phone call, though, left her in a state of disquiet.
An indeterminate amount of time passed before someone picked up from the other end.
With his heart weighing heavily on him, Colby did his best to compose himself and greet the answerer cheerfully, “ Hello, Mr. Tanner…”
Before he could finish what he wanted to say, his counterpart gleefully cut him off, “Oh, Dr. Galloway. We’re in the middle of a meeting here, so we’ll probably have to chat some other day. Got to go now!”
With that, he hung up without giving Colby any time to react.
Hearing the frenzy of activity coming from the other end, Colby’s expression grew solemn.
Owing to Roxanne’s successful treatment of Alfred, their research institute had been held in considerable esteem all the time. Not once had they needed to deal with a situation like the one they were facing at the moment.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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