However, Jonathan was stumped.
He remembered the way Lucian treated Roxanne, but he had forgotten that it had been a while since he saw the two people interact.
In other words, he did not know if their relationship had changed after a while.
If things were the same as what his sister told him—if Lucian was silently agreeing to it as well–would his current actions be pointless?
However, by the time he came to those thoughts, he had already made the call to Lucian. Thus, he had no choice but to attend the appointment.
While he was waiting for Lucian, Jonathan had been mulling over that matter. He was unsure if he should talk to Lucian about it.
Hence, Jonathan‘s mind felt even more muddled when he heard Lucian‘s question. Left without a choice, he decided to play a fool and nonchalantly took some of the food with his fork before exclaiming, “I haven‘t eaten the whole day, and I‘m starving! Let‘s dig in first and chat after.”
Upon seeing Jonathan‘s abrupt actions, Lucian only deepened his frown.
Giving him a forkful of the food, Jonathan chirped, “Lucian, I don‘t think you‘ve eaten yet too, right? Hurry and try this.”
The man beside him was silent for a long while.
At that, Jonathan could not help but feel remorseful.
I shouldn‘t have called him so quickly. If I didn‘t do that, I wouldn‘t be making myself suffer in this way now.
After a moment of silence, Lucian decided not to continue the topic and ate with Jonathan.
While they dug in, Jonathan would occasionally talk about business matters in an attempt to divert Lucian‘s attention,
However, the more he tried to do that, the more Lucian could sense that something was amiss with Jonathan,
Just as they were done with their meal, and right as Jonathan was trying to find an excuse to leave, he heard Lucian speak up. “You haven‘t talked about the reason you‘ve invited me here. What is it that you‘re having so much difficulty saying?”
Jonathan stiffened before forcing himself to sit back on the couch. After a while of contemplation, he tentatively uttered, “I just wanted to ask if you‘ve been in contact with Ms. Jarvis recently.”
Ms. Jarvis? As in Roxanne Jarvis?
Lucian frowned upon hearing his question.
He had not contacted that woman since their meeting at the café.
The last time he heard anything about Roxanne was when Estella said that Roxanne was planning to move abroad.
At that thought, the temperature around Lucian dropped.
In the meantime, Cayden was just done cleaning up and had just laid down on the bed when he heard his phone ring. It was the ringtone he had set for Lucian, so Cayden instantly shot upright and picked up the call. “Mr. Farwell, what can I do for you?”
“Find out who has been contacting the major herb suppliers in Horington under Farwell Group‘s name and who is the one who isn‘t letting Horington‘s herb suppliers work with VR Research Institute,” Lucian instructed.
Cayden hastily agreed to work on that.
After the call ended, confusion belatedly crashed into Cayden.
Although Farwell Group had various kinds of businesses, they did not venture deep into the medical industry. So why is Mr. Farwell suddenly asking me to look into this? Why is someone from Farwell Group contacting herb suppliers?
Despite the strangeness of the situation, Cayden still worked on it right away.
After all, it was something concerning Farwell Group, and Cayden was Lucian‘s assistant; it was nothing difficult for Cayden to investigate.
Not long after, he found out what had happened.
Again, Cayden was taken aback.
Isn‘t VR Research Institute Ms. Jarvis‘ research institute? Moreover, the person Mr. Farwell asked me to look into turns out to be Mrs. Farwell?
The atmosphere in the room turned tense.
Jonathan discreetly shuddered and pondered if he should continue.
“Why are you asking about that?” Lucian glanced at him.
Jonathan cleared his throat before replying with his much nonchalance as he could muster, “When she came to give Grandpa a checkup yesterday, I suddenly recalled that you were on good terms with her, so I wanted to ask you about it. If you rarely talk to her, then…”
Then I‘m not going to bother myself with the matter anymore.
Before Jonathan could finish his sentence, the other man‘s eyes darkened,
Jonathan was certain that Lucian would decipher what was going on soon. Hence, he halted and gave Lucian a confused look. “What‘s the matter, Lucian?”
“Do you want to court her?” Lucian‘s brows were tightly knitted, and Jonathan could see the traces of annoyance in them.
His question rendered Jonathan dumbfounded and speechless.
What have I said to make him think this way?
Indeed, Roxanne was a nice woman, but Jonathan knew well about her relationship with Lucian. Even though that relationship was now in the past, he was still not going to do something that would make him an unloyal friend. –
Furthermore, Roxanne‘s rejection when Alfred tried to match–make them had been obvious. How could he possibly shamelessly court her still?
Nevertheless, Lucian was gloomily looking at his friend as a myriad of thoughts flashed through his mind.
As far as he knew, even though Roxanne infuriated him a lot, she was quite the charming woman in many ways. Therefore, it was not surprising for his friend to be interested in her.
Moreover, with the way Jonathan had been acting the entire time… He had been hesitant to speak ever since Lucian entered the room, so evidently Jonathan thought of the matter as a tough topic.
That was why Lucian had figured out what Jonathan was going to talk about the moment Jonathan mentioned Roxanne.
Nevertheless, the fury that came out of nowhere began simmering in him at the thought of that possibility, and it made the temperature around him drop,
A tense silence ensued.
It took Jonathan a while before he could recollect himself after Lucian‘s shocking question. Then,
he quickly waved his hands to deny it. “Why would you think that? I just noticed that Dr. Jarvis has lost much weight and since you were so protective of her back then… I wanted to ask if the two of you have…”
With that, Jonathan tentatively looked at Lucian and cautiously separated his hands as a gesture of breaking up.
In other words, he was asking Lucian if the latter was no longer interested in Roxanne.
Hearing that made Lucian‘s expression turn colder. “I was protective of her?”
Jonathan nodded in affirmation. “I could see it when Dr. Jarvis was treating my grandpa and during my grandpa‘s birthday celebration. We‘re friends of many years; how can I not know you well?”
Lucian curled his lips mockingly.
To outsiders, he was exceptionally protective of Roxanne.
Yet, who would have guessed that Roxanne would avoid him and even flee overseas just to hide from him?
The moment Jonathan sensed the change in Lucian‘s demeanor, his headache returned.
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