Seeing how casual the two were acting around each other made Lucian furrow his eyebrows even more intensely. His grip on her arm also became tighter because of that. Roxanne frowned at him due to the pain.
When she saw his expression, a strange feeling appeared in her heart. Jack’s car slowly disappeared from their sights.
Roxanne looked away from the car and shifted to the side by two steps with great effort. Then, she stared at Lucian rather alertly. “What’s the matter, Mr. Farwell?”
Upon detecting her avoidance, his eyebrows furrowed even more intensely. “I came here to deliver your medicine to you, Ms. Jarvis. I didn’t expect you to recover so quickly. You haven’t been injured that long, yet you can already move freely.”
His stare shifted to the direction Jack left and continued in a mocking tone, “Or is it because Mr. Damaris is special? So much so that you want to meet him despite your injury?”
Roxanne could sense the hostility in his voice and felt even odder. “Mr. Damaris and I are merely business partners. We met today because we wanted to discuss our collaboration. Please do not make wild guesses, Mr. Farwell!”
Lucian’s lips twitched. “It’d better be.”
Seeing the mockery on his face caused her to feel a slight pain in her heart. Her expression darkened as she said, “Thank you for your thoughtfulness, Mr. Farwell. However, I have all sorts of medicine here. So, if there’s nothing else, please leave.”
Roxanne turned around and staggered back into the mansion without giving Lucian another chance to speak.
He grabbed her arm after she took two steps away from him. His cold voice rang next to her ear. “I’ll send you back in.”
“No need. It’s only a few steps. I can handle it just fine,” she rejected without hesitation. As soon as she finished, she felt the hand on her arm exerting even more force. It was a clear indication of his displeasure.
“Why can’t I do it when Jack can?” He gazed at her back deeply. “Didn’t you say you two are only business partners?”
Her body froze slightly as she glanced back at him in disbelief. She thought he was just mocking her, as usual. However, his expression didn’t appear fake to her.
He truly believed that there was something between her and Jack. Roxanne’s expression froze when she saw that. In the end, she complied. “Thanks for the help, then, Mr. Farwell.”
Only then did Lucian’s expression brighten up as he helped Roxanne enter the mansion. Lysa and the children hadn’t returned yet, so the two were the only ones in the mansion. Roxanne couldn’t help but feel awkward. Just as she wanted to ask him to leave, he spoke again.
“Let me take a look at your injury.” Just as he finished speaking, he slowly crouched down in front of her. As Roxanne watched him do that, she realized his intentions and rejected him with furrowed eyebrows. “No need. My injury is fine. I know that.”
She tried to pull her leg back. However, due to her injury, her movements were restricted. Additionally, there wasn’t anywhere else she could hide on the couch.
Lucian grabbed her ankle right as her leg retracted.
“Don’t move. Your injury is located at your foot, so if you aren’t careful, the wound will open up. Still, you ignored the doctor’s advice and walked around freely.” His eyebrows remained furrowed while he glanced at her. “Even if you do not like me, there’s no need to push your body like this.”
Guilt rushed into Roxanne’s heart when her eyes met with his. When she returned to her senses, her shoes had already been taken off, and her gauze-covered foot was revealed.
He carefully lifted her leg and examined it with a frown. The clean, white gauze had been stained with a small amount of her blood.
His expression promptly darkened when he saw that. Oh, this woman. Not only did she meet another man with her injury, but she also caused it to tear apart!
As his train of thought ended there, the temperature in the air around him was getting cold.
Roxanne couldn’t see how her foot was doing, but she did notice Lucian’s expression was getting pretty dark. Her heart clenched as she asked, “What’s wrong?”
He glanced at her with irritation. “Didn’t you say you’re a doctor and you’re very aware of your injury? In that case, why didn’t you realize your wound was torn?”
Shock flashed across her eyes. I wonder if it’s because the bandage was too tight that I didn’t realize my wound was opening up. I bet he thought I was acting tough again, now that he has seen my injury after I told him I knew what she was doing.
Lucian’s eyebrows furrowed slightly when he saw her expression. “You didn’t know?”
Roxanne shifted her gaze away with a complicated look. “I… didn’t feel anything.”
Silence filled the air.
Moments later, she suddenly felt his hand moving again. Her leg retracted subconsciously in response to his actions, but he gripped her ankle even tighter.
“Don’t move. I’m applying medicine on the wound.”
As he finished speaking, he glanced at her authoritatively. There was a tinge of rage on his expression. When she met his eyes, she pursed her lips and stopped struggling.
It was difficult to tell how long the wound had opened. The gauze was stuck to it as the blood had dried up.
Despite Lucian’s attempt to be careful, Roxanne couldn’t endure the pain and let out a muffled groan.
Upon hearing that, he glanced at her with furrowed eyebrows. “Now you know it’s painful? You’re a doctor. Don’t you realize you need to rest for your injury to recover?”
Her eyes were lowered as she pursed her lips in silence.
He shot a glance at her as he suppressed the rage in his heart. The movement of his hands became gentler as he disinfected her wound and applied medicine to it.
Aside from the pain she experienced during the disinfection process, she didn’t feel any discomfort. It was then she realized he had intentionally moved gently, and that made her feel a bout of mixed emotions.
On the other side, Aubree was finally able to leave the hospital after staying there for nearly a month. Lucian only kept her company in the hospital for a few days under his mother’s request. After that, he never showed up again.
She contacted him a few times, asking him to visit her. However, he would always use his work as an excuse to reject her.
Additionally, two days ago, some of her friends, who had children studying in the same kindergarten, visited her. They told her that Lucian and Roxanne were acting in the Sleeping Beauty play. Not only that, they showed her photos of the play.
Inside the photos, Lucian was seen wearing a princely outfit as he stared longingly at Roxanne, who was lying on a wooden bed. Aubree’s friends continued to swipe the screen, showing her photos upon photos of Roxanne and Lucian.
Eventually, he was seen sitting by the side of the bed, leaning his body toward Roxanne in order to kiss her.
When Aubree saw the kiss, she shoved the phone away, unwilling to look at it any further. It seems like that b*tch forgot about the lesson I taught her earlier after I stayed in the hospital for a while! How dare she get so close to Lucian! Not only that, Lucian actually acted in the play with her! If it were in the past, it would never happen! After all, before that b*tch appeared, Lucian and Essie never attended any group activities! Ever since that b*tch returned from overseas, everything changed! Not only did Lucian bring Essie to plant trees, he even played around with them! If things continue down this path, it is possible for her to get back together with that b*tch!
When she thought of that, Aubree’s rage almost burned away all her rationality. “Just you wait for me, Roxanne!” Inside the empty ward, she gritted her teeth as a dark expression appeared on her face.
In the next second, Sonya entered the room and saw the younger woman’s frown. She asked perplexedly, “What’s wrong, Aubree?”
Sonya had been taking care of Aubree in the hospital due to the remorse and affection she felt toward Aubree. Even when the Pearson couple wanted to meet Aubree on the day of her discharge, Sonya prevented it from happening.
Upon hearing Sonya’s voice, guilt flashed across Aubree’s eyes. The latter quickly calmed down and smiled at the former casually. “It’s nothing. I’m just feeling a little reluctant to leave the hospital because it’ll probably mean we won’t be able to meet each other every day.”
Sonya’s heart felt warm when she heard that. She patted the younger woman’s shoulder. “If you want to meet me, you can always come to my place. You’re welcome to visit me anytime you want, but don’t forget to take care of yourself.”
Aubree nodded absentmindedly.
“Come on, let’s go. The paperwork is done, so you should head back home as soon as you can. Don’t make your parents worry,” Sonya reminded.
Aubree nodded and followed the older woman out of the ward. When they entered the car, the younger woman suddenly spoke up. “Do you know what Lucian has been busying about lately, Mrs. Farwell?”
Sonya’s eyebrows furrowed the moment her son’s name was brought up. She replied apologetically, “He’s either busy with his company’s matters or Essie.”
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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