Chapter 515 – Her Sudden Departure: A Tale of Love and Redemption (Lucian & Roxanne)

At that realization, Jack retracted his gaze and picked up the phone.

Lucian did not speak right away, so Jack purposely kept quiet, too.

It was not after some time that Lucian’s deep voice rang out. “What are you doing?”

As if having just returned to his senses, Jack responded in an exaggerated tone, “Mr. Farwell? Geez, I was expecting someone else. Why didn’t you say anything? What is it, anyway? Do you need something from Ms. Jarvis?”

Right as he finished his words, a dead silence took over the conversation.

Though Jack said nothing else, the look on his face could easily make others misunderstand.

For a moment, only the sound of their breaths could be heard through the phone.

It was as if they were at a standstill—neither of them spoke or hung up.

“Where’s Roxanne?” Lucian’s voice finally rang out again after some time. Only then did Jack let out a chuckle. He kept quiet for a moment and finally uttered, “Ms. Jarvis is busy. I can help you convey your message to her instead.”

A grim look instantly spread across Lucian’s face. Roxanne’s with Jack again, huh? And she even let him take care of such a private device?

When he thought of the purpose of his call, the atmosphere around him grew terrifyingly tense. Cayden, who was standing opposite Lucian, felt his heart sink when he saw the scowl that spread over the latter’s face.

Cr*p. Who on earth answered the phone? Who can make Mr. Farwell so furious? “That won’t be necessary,” Lucian snapped coldly. “Since she’s busy, then I’ll call her later to talk to her myself.”

Meanwhile, Jack arched a brow. “I’m afraid you might’ve misunderstood something, Mr. Farwell. I’m just working with Ms. Jarvis out here. If you don’t believe me, I can get her to answer the call now.”

While saying that, he instructed someone beside him, “Get Dr. Jarvis—”

Before he could finish, Lucian interrupted in a threatening tone, “Of course, I believe you’re working closely with Roxanne. However, I hope you should at least have some self-awareness. Stay away from her unless it’s related to work. I don’t mind personally teaching you a lesson when it is necessary.”

With that, he hung up without waiting for a response from Jack, who eyed the darkened phone screen in amusement.

I was just playing a little trick on him. Who would’ve known Mr. Farwell would actually lose his cool and threaten me? Looks like Roxanne and Mr. Farwell are much closer than I thought. Or maybe he’s thinking the same about me and Roxanne.

With that thought in mind, Jack cast a meaningful glance outside the tent where Roxanne’s voice came from. I wonder what Lucian means to her.

Just then, the employee asked tactfully, “Mr. Damaris, should I still get Dr. Jarvis to come in?”

Her voice immediately brought him back to reality. Returning Roxanne’s phone to where it was, he shook his head and said, “No. It’s all right.”

After all, he only said that to put on an act. Hearing that, the employee gave a brief response and returned to her seat. At the same time, Roxanne had finally freed herself from the children and entered the tent with all smiles.

“Someone called you just now, and I answered it for you,” Jack stated truthfully when he saw her coming in. Roxanne immediately froze in her tracks. “Who was it?”

Feigning confusion, Jack explained, “It was Mr. Farwell, but he refused to tell me what the matter was.” Lucian?

Roxanne’s heart skipped a beat. Why is he still calling me? Isn’t he already dating Aubree? Has he finally come to his senses and wants to apologize to me?

All those speculations made her feel uneasy. In the past, Lucian had always been displeased with her interaction with Jack. Now that Jack had answered the phone on her behalf, she could not imagine what Lucian would feel.

Realizing what she was thinking, Roxanne clenched her fist to snap herself out of it. No. He’ll be fine. Lucian was just using me. I’m sure he was just faking his displeasure in the past.

With that, she put her thoughts away and gave Jack a firm nod. “Okay. I’ll take care of it.”

Jack had been staring at her ever since she returned. Naturally, he did not miss the look of anxiousness on her face earlier. “I believe it was rather rude of me to answer the call for you. I hope you don’t mind.”

Hearing that, Roxanne grinned as if everything was fine. “It’s okay.” Still, Jack probed, “I wonder why he called you. I tried asking him, but he refused to tell me.”

In response, Roxanne shook her head. “I don’t know either.” Intrigued, Jack raised his brow. Though Roxanne thought she had done a good job at concealing her emotions, he still saw through her.

After all, the change in her expression was too obvious from the moment she stepped into the tent. Indeed, the phone call stirred up some emotions in her heart.

Looks like Lucian has a special spot in her heart. This is interesting. Meanwhile, in the CEO’s office of Farwell Group, Cayden peered at Lucian fearfully.

Lucian had been looking unhappy ever since he hung up. To be more specific, he had been like that ever since Jack spoke. In fact, even the temperature around him lowered.

Judging from his experience in dealing with Lucian, Cayden knew he should keep his mouth shut to avoid triggering the former’s fury.

However, that was clearly impossible.

Cayden uttered carefully, “Mr. Farwell, how should we deal with the medicinal herbs.?”

Lucian had been sick for the past few days. During that period, he had instructed Cayden to order a batch of medicinal herbs from Herbscape Group’s branch.

At first, Cayden did not know what Lucian wanted to do with them.

It was not until Cayden witnessed Lucian making a call that he understood the situation.

The first thing Mr. Farwell did the moment he recovered was to help Ms. Jarvis solve her problem. At that realization, Cayden could not help but feel touched on Roxanne’s behalf.

Alas, it was the wrong person who answered the call, and Lucian’s kind intention was not made aware of.

Cayden could not help but pity Lucian.

He originally thought Lucian would give up on the idea of giving Roxanne the medicinal herbs out of anger.

To his surprise, Lucian fell silent for a moment before saying, “Send them over.”

Lucian’s words which were laced with anger stunned Cayden.

Did I hear him right? Isn’t he mad? Still, he wants to send the medicinal herbs to Ms. Jarvis?

Cayden hesitated, not sure if he should carry out Lucian’s orders.

When Lucian spotted Cayden still in his office, he uttered coldly, “What are you waiting for?”

Hearing that, Cayden straightened his back and responded, “I’ll work on it now!”

With that, he spun around and exited the office.

In the meantime, Lucian glanced at his darkened phone screen as his gaze darkened too.

Lately, Estella always returned home with an expectant look. Sometimes, she would even stay up late, claiming that Roxanne would visit and treat Lucian.

Of course, Lucian knew Estella had already reported his condition to Archie and Benny.

He surmised the boys would have already relayed the information to Roxanne and told her to see him.

The fact that Estella was so expectant made it hard for Lucian to not feel the same.

Never did he expect Roxanne to not give him a single call when he had been ill for almost a week.

If he had not taken the initiative to call her that day, he would never know she was with Jack.

A hint of mockery flashed past his eyes when he thought of that.

To Roxanne, her job is always the most important thing. Or is it because she’s working with Jack this time?

Meanwhile, Cayden took some men with him and brought the herbs to Roxanne’s research institute. Around the same time, Jack sent Roxanne back in his car.

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