He could not say that Lucian had nothing to do with that—that Lucian was still concerned about Roxanne. Yet, despite all that he had said, he had not heard a single word of concern from Lucian. In fact, Lucian seemed aloof and in a bad mood as if someone had owed him their life savings.
At the same time, Jonathan could not say that Lucian cared not for Roxanne. After all, he had never seen his friend undergo as many mood fluctuations as this for a woman before. Not only did Lucian not interrupt him, but he actually continued the topic Jonathan raised.
So should I talk about that matter with him?
A beat later, Jonathan took in a deep breath and steeled himself before asking, “So, how are things between the two of you? If you‘re not planning to get involved with her anymore, I’ll think of her as just a normal doctor the next time she gives my grandpa a checkup, and I won’t be as courteous anymore.”
Seconds later, Lucian uttered, “Just treat her the same as you always do.”
She‘s going to be overseas soon, anyway; she‘s not going to have many chances to give Old Mr. Queen checkups anymore.
Hearing that, Jonathan let out a relieved sigh quietly because his words meant that Lucian was still interested in Roxanne.
After learning that, Jonathan began trying to steer the topic toward what troubles Roxanne had been encountering the past few days.
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“Ahem. Also, when Dr. Jarvis came to give my grandpa a checkup yesterday, she mentioned their research institute has encountered some troubles again,” Jonathan started, trying to keep the change in the topic as smooth as possible.
Just as those words were out of his mouth, Lucian turned to look at him. “What happened?”
Jonathan explained, “Dr. Jarvis came to treat my grandpa because all the herb suppliers in Horington refused to work with their research institute. That‘s why she came to the Queen family to get a contract that would be announced to the public about us selling herbs to their research institute at half price. After that, she succeeded in treating my grandpa, so I signed the contract with her as promised. With Queen Group as the pioneer, most of the herb suppliers began collaborating with the research institute again. However, for the past few days…”
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Jonathan trailed off and glanced at his friend‘s expression. It was then he saw the frown on Lucian‘s face.
A pause later, Jonathan continued, “The same thing happened again. All the herb suppliers in Horington have received a notice that warned them against working with Dr. Jarvis‘ research institute. So, the only business partner that Dr. Jarvis has left is Queen Group.”
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Wrath appeared on Lucian‘s face. “Who did this?
Jonathan kept quiet for a while before deciding not to give Lucian the answer right away. Instead, he patied Lucian‘s shoulders and replied mysteripusly, “This is all I can tell you. I‘m sure that looking into this matter is no difficult feat for you, so it‘s best that you look into this yourself.”
Regardless of everything, Sonya was an elder to him. Moreover, this was, at the end of the day, Lucian‘s family matter. If he continued, he would be crossing the line.
Jonathan thought that Lucian would look into the matter the next day at work or when they separated their ways later.
To his surprise, though, just as he was done telling Lucian about it, the latter ignored the fact that Jonathan was still right beside him and instantly took out his phone to make a call.
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?
Cayden took quite some time before he could reel in from the shock. The first thing he did after that was to report to Lucian.
Meanwhile, Lucian did not speak after ending the call with Cayden. Jonathan was no fool, so he
quietly ate the food that had turned cold.
When Lucian‘s phone lit up again, Jonathan whipped his head toward it.
Lucian answered the call swiftly.
“Mr. Farwell, I have the findings,” Cayden started cautiously.
“Who did this?” Lucian asked in a deep voice.
Cayden hesitantly replied, “It‘s… Mrs. Farwell.”
Lucian lowered his gaze when he heard that, but no surprise crossed his face.
Ever since Jonathan told him about the matter, he could somewhat guess who was behind it. Instructing Cayden to look into it was just to make sure his speculation was right.
“Understood.” Lucian then expressionlessly ended the call.
The temperature in the room had almost dropped below zero by then.
Jonathan opened his mouth to say something, but Lucian‘s voice came first.
“When did you find out about this?”
Jonathan tensed for a moment before answering honestly, “Yesterday.”
Just as he replied to Lucian, the temperature in the room dropped even more.
Jonathan quickly explained, “Queen Group was affected too, so I was busy dealing with Queen Group‘s trouble. Also, I didn‘t know how I should tell you about it, so it dragged on until today. Don‘t worry. The herbs Queen Group supplied to Dr. Jarvis and the others should be enough.”
Lucian lowered his gaze, suppressing the upset feelings.
After all, he was ultimately at fault for something like this to happen.
He knew that his mother disliked Roxanne, and he had seen the two‘s confrontation in the café himself. He should have realized that his mother would have laid a finger on Roxanne,
He should have sent men to keep a close eye on both of them to stop his mother from doing anything and to protect Roxanne.
However, Lucian had been too busy with his company. Whenever he came back from his office, he would stay at Estella‘s side at all times, resulting in him neglecting Roxanne.
Furthermore, he never expected his mother to have made a move so quickly.
“Also, I didn‘t know you had no idea about this,” Jonathan slowly added.
He thought that Lucian would somewhat know about that since Sonya had done it by using Farwell Group‘s power.
If not for Frieda‘s words earlier in the morning, Jonathan would have never thought about telling Lucian about it.
At that, Lucian‘s expression darkened even more!
That woman must have known that this has something to do with Farwell Group. Maybe she thinks that I know about this as well. She‘s already avoiding me before this. Now, I wonder what she thinks of me.
“I‘ve been busy in the company,” was the simple answer Lucian gave to Jonathan.
The latter nodded in understanding. True. Mrs. Farwell would have hidden this from Lucian.
With that thought in mind, Jonathan could not help but feel apologetic. “I should have told you about this yesterday if I knew you didn‘t know about it.”
There was no change in Lucian‘s expression as he said, “Only the two of us will know about this; my mother won‘t know that you told me this.”
If Lucian were to put himself in Jonathan‘s shoes, he would be able to understand why the latter took so long to tell him about this.
Their families were on good terms. By telling Lucian about it, Jonathan would essentially be making enemies with Lucian‘s mother.
Jonathan drew his brows together. “That‘s not the point. If not for seeing the way you treat Dr. Jarvis myself, I wouldn‘t have come all the way here to tell you about this.”
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