Chapter 613 – Her Sudden Departure: A Tale of Love and Redemption (Lucian & Roxanne)

It has been a while since Mr. Farwell and Ms. Jarvis get along. I shouldn’t stay and become the third wheel. Initially, Roxanne wanted to see Cayden out. However, Estella held tightly onto her and refused to let go. After some deliberation, Roxanne still couldn’t get up.

“Mommy, have you eaten?” Archie looked at Roxanne with concern.

It wasn’t until then that Roxanne remembered that they hadn’t eaten all day. After she regained consciousness, the experts checked her condition. Then, she had a heated discussion with Lucian.

She wasn’t feeling hungry. However, she felt Lucian should eat something after all he had been through yesterday. At that thought, Roxanne patted Estella’s back reassuringly. “I need to cook. Why don’t you play with Archie and Benny?”

Estella hugged her and refused to let go. Thus, Roxanne explained resignedly, “Your daddy and I haven’t eaten yet. We’ll keep you company after our meals, all right?”

Upon hearing that, the girl finally released Roxanne and stared intently at her. Roxanne smiled, patted her head, and turned to Lucian. “Come on in, Mr. Farwell. I’ll prepare some food.”

The look in Lucian’s eyes darkened before he ambled into the living room. It’s been a long time since I was invited by her. This feels pretty good.

The children were relieved to see the relationship between the two adults improved after Roxanne left the hospital. As Lucian sat on the couch, he watched the children play with each other.

Inside the kitchen, Roxanne was preparing the food nonchalantly. As a result of all that, the atmosphere in the mansion became surprisingly heartwarming.

Not long after, Roxanne exited the kitchen with two sandwiches and a glass of hot milk before putting them in front of Lucian. “It’s nearly time for lunch, so just eat these first to hold on until then. He nodded.

Just as she was about to sit next to him, her phone rang again on the coffee table. They both lowered their heads and saw Jack’s name on the screen.

While Lucian frowned, Roxanne wanted to answer the phone because she knew Jack was simply worried about her. As she reached for the phone, Lucian snatched it away.

Roxanne furrowed her eyebrows with slight panic. “I want to tell Mr. Damaris that I’m safe.”

Motionlessly, he waited for the ringing to stop on its own. Then, he expressionlessly turned off her phone and tossed it aside. She felt resigned upon seeing that. In the past, she would’ve immediately started arguing with him.

However, she refrained from doing so, thinking. it would be rude because he had just saved her from the brink of death and taken care of her for the entire night.

Thus, Roxanne silently withdrew her hand and sat next to Lucian. “Jack came by last night,” he disclosed in a deep voice. That shocked her a little. “Was it when I was still in a coma?” There’s no way I wouldn’t have known about it otherwise.

“You were already awake by that point, but it was getting late, so I told him about your situation and asked him not to disturb your rest.”

She still felt something was off. “It was that simple?” I know how Lucian feels about Jack. There’s no way their meeting ended that simply last night.

In response to her question, Lucian frowned at her. “What else do you expect?”

Roxanne smiled sheepishly and stopped asking. If Jack already knows about my situation, why did he call me?

Just as she wondered about that, he spoke again. “Even though I already told him about your situation, he still called you. Maybe he has an ulterior motive.”

She was stunned by his sudden remark as she stared at his countenance. I feel like the “motive” he’s thinking about is not the one I have in mind.

When Lucian recalled the scene at the research institute, a cold look entered his eyes. “Back then, when you had just fallen into a coma after being poisoned, Jack refused to send you to the hospital. Tell me, what do you think his intentions are?”

Upon hearing that, Roxanne halted what she was thinking as she wavered. He coldly continued, “Do you think traditional medicine could’ve saved you back then?”

Without hesitation, she shook her head. “I may be unconscious back then, but I know how dire the situation was. Even if the person who fainted weren’t me, I wouldn’t necessarily have the courage to accept the responsibility of treating them.”

As he gazed intensely at her, he signaled for her to continue, so she did. “Traditional medicine has been passed down for many years because it’s effective in combating chronic diseases.

The best way to handle my situation yesterday was to send me to the emergency room immediately because the poison gas had invaded my brain. Acupuncture was worth a try. but the risk of failing is greater. Of course, I wouldn’t take that risk when better options were available.”

“What would’ve happened if you didn’t receive treatment in time?” Lucian inquired.

Roxanne gave that question some thought and replied seriously, “If it weren’t too serious, then I would’ve been in a vegetative state. If it were, I would’ve died. Even if I was lucky enough to wake up, I think I would’ve become mentally disabled.”

When her train of thought ended there, she expressed her gratitude to him. “If not for your help, one of those three scenarios would’ve been my fate, Mr. Farwell. So, thank you.”

As though he didn’t hear her thanks, he continued to focus on Jack. “Do you think Jack was unaware of those three possibilities?”

Roxanne hesitated to shake her head. Jack definitely knows about those possibilities, but if I shake my head, Lucian will become more suspicious of him, and I don’t want either of us to suspect him even more.

Upon detecting her hesitation, Lucian stared at her coldly. “You still don’t think he’s suspicious?” Frowning, she speculated, “Maybe… Mr. Damaris has his reasons.”

After all, he may have experience using acupuncture to treat those attacked by that poison. If that’s true, it brings up another question. Why does he just so happen to know how to deal with such a rare poison?

If that’s not the case, why did he insist on not sending me to the hospital and opting to use acupuncture to treat me instead? While chaos roamed in her mind, she put on a calm facade.

Gazing at her, Lucian questioned, “Do you know what Jack was doing when I went to him?”

Roxanne tensed up upon hearing his tone, thinking that he had discovered some sort of irrefutable evidence. If that happens, I may need to change my long-standing impression of Jack…

As he recalled Jack’s actions, he narrowed his eyes. “He was preparing to remove your clothes! He’s just an animal who takes advantage of you, yet you still trust him so much.”

That dumbfounded her. I thought he had ironclad evidence, but that’s all? Due to her frequent acupuncture sessions, she was used to taking patients’ clothes off during treatment.

It was why she was dumbstruck by Lucian’s reaction. Did Lucian really think Jack took off my clothes because he wanted to… Then again, Lucian did get jealous many times before. I’m not sure how to describe what I’m feeling right now….

A few moments later, Roxanne organized her thoughts and explained, “It’s just standard. procedure for acupuncture. If he wants to perform it on me, he can’t do it with my clothes on.”

Upon hearing that, Lucian furrowed his eyebrows slightly as a look of dissatisfaction flashed past his eyes. Now that I think about it, Jack did need to remove her clothes to perform acupuncture on her. Still, it was disturbing!

His jealous expression amused her. “Setting that aside, Jack’s behavior is still very suspicious,” Lucian concluded stubbornly. That rendered Roxanne speechless.

While she didn’t want to believe Jack was acting maliciously, she had to admit that, from an objective point of view, he was pretty suspicious.

Lucian frowned at her and informed her coldly, “I plan to investigate this matter in the afternoon. Will you join me?”

Nodding, Roxanne was about to accept his invitation when the children pounced into her embrace. Thus, instead of replying to him, she stared at the children, puzzled.

“Mommy!” Benny peered at his mother caringly “Are you going out in the afternoon?”

The children overheard the adults’ conversation because they had been somewhat intentionally playing around the two. When they heard Lucian was about to investigate his love rival, they were enthused to lend a helping hand.

Roxanne smiled at them. “I may need to visit the research institute later. Is it okay if you three are alone at home in the afternoon?”

The moment she ended her sentence, Benny shook his head. Perplexed, she asked, “What’s the matter?”

He grabbed her hand. “You’ve just recovered, Mommy. Even though you’re not in the hospital right now, you should still rest at home for a couple of days.”

Then he glanced at his brother. In response, Archie added, “We were really scared when we saw you like that yesterday! Mommy, please, we don’t want to witness that again!”

Estella nodded vigorously. “You need to rest. properly, Ms. Jarvis. I… As she inadvertently recalled Roxanne’s comatose state yesterday, her eyes reddened. “I don’t want you to get sick anymore, Ms. Jarvis!”

Roxanne’s heart ached when she saw the children’s anxious countenances.

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