Frustrated, he got up and entered the ward. The ward was eerily silent as Roxanne lay in a coma. Lucian walked over to the bed and leaned down to look intently at her.
“Don’t be scared, Roxanne. I’m figuring out at way to save you, and you’ll be able to regain. consciousness soon.” With that, he gave her a comforting kiss on her lips as though she could really hear him.
The kiss ended as abruptly as it started. Lucian then stroked her long silky hair and muttered to himself, “When you wake up, you will accept my proposal, and we will have a grand wedding to announce to the world that you are mine.”
After this incident, he wanted nothing more than to make Roxanne his wife officially. Lucian lowered his gaze to conceal the agony in his eyes. The hand he placed on Roxanne’s hair was trembling slightly.
“It was my fault. I should’ve known Jack was a hypocrite and asked you to stay away from him instead of helping you to negotiate with him again and again. If that were the case, you wouldn’t have ended up in this state…”
Lucian recalled how they fought several times over Jack and went cold with fury. If it wasn’t for Jack, we would’ve been together by now!
Lucian softly whispered into her ear, “He hurt you, so I will never forgive him. Even when you wake up and plead for his mercy, I won’t show him any compassion. Don’t judge me for taking this action.”
Alas, the woman on the bed didn’t react in the slightest. Even though Lucian had openly declared his affection for her and had threatened to exact harsh revenge upon Jack, Roxanne remained still and silent in her bed. If her face wasn’t deathly pale, others would’ve assumed she was simply sound asleep.
Lucian felt compelled to admonish her for being too naïve and trusting, first with Colby and now with Jack. However, he couldn’t bring himself to blame her as she was already unconscious. In the end, he placed the blame on himself.
When he was recounting his mistakes to Roxanne, the phone on the table suddenly rang. Lucian stopped talking and stood up to see who it was.
It was a call from Madilyn. He remembered Madilyn was a good friend of Roxanne. In fact, she was Archie and Benny’s godmother. Most importantly, she was a capable doctor. Lucian only hesitated for a few moments before he answered the call.
“Roxanne, what took you so long?” Madilyn grumbled once the call connected. “I finally got a day off. Let’s bring Archie and Benny out to have some fun!” Lucian glanced at Roxanne before responding, “It’s me.”
Madilyn was taken aback to hear his voice. She quickly recalled their relationship and teased, “Mr. Farwell, are you with Roxanne? Where is she? Do you want to join us to have some fun together?”
Madilyn began calculating in her mind. If she asked Lucian to go with them, then she would not have to spend any money on this outing. However, her happiness was short-lived. “Roxanne passed out and is still unconscious. She’s at the hospital now.”
When Madilyn heard that, her expression froze. “What on earth happened to her? Which hospital are you in? I’m coming over right now!” she asked in disbelief.
Lucian promptly gave her the address. Half an hour later, Madilyn rushed in in a frenzy, her eyes reddened with emotion.
When she saw Roxanne lying motionless on the hospital bed, she could not stop her tears from falling. “What happened? How did she end up like this? Is this how you take care of her?” Madilyn took one look at her best friend and immediately began to bombard Lucian with questions.
“It’s my fault,” said Lucian solemnly. “Roxanne…” Madilyn was not in the mood to listen to Lucian. After hurling more words of resentment at Lucian, she clutched Roxanne’s hand and murmured, “Can you hear what I’m saying? Won’t you wake up? If you keep this up, the children will be very worried…”
No matter how much Madilyn begged and pleaded, Roxanne did not respond in the. slightest. Finally, Madilyn realized her efforts were futile. She raised a hand to wipe away her tears before looking at Lucian once more. “What’s her prognosis? Did you get a doctor to look at her? What did the doctor say?”
Lucian stared into the distance and frowned slightly. “I’ve sent for traditional medicine practitioners and regular doctors, but they’ve yet to arrive at a conclusion. That’s why I wanted you to examine her and see if you can find any clues.”
When Madilyn heard this, her eyes reddened again. The Farwell family has sought out doctors, and I’m assuming they’re the world’s best experts in this field. Even they can’t figure things out? What on earth happened to Roxanne?
Madilyn held back her tears and forced herself to maintain her composure. Immediately after, she began to ask Lucian about Roxanne’s condition. “How long has she been out for?”
“She passed out when I went to pick her up from work yesterday,” said Lucian.
This made Madilyn agitated once more. “Then why didn’t you inform me sooner? Do the kids know?”
Faced with Madilyn’s questioning, Lucian could not offer any other explanations. All he could say was, “I merely told the kids that Roxanne was away on a business trip.”
Madilyn let out a sigh of relief. “That’s also fine The kids are so young, after all. We shouldn’t frighten them. Having said that, Madilyn returned to the topic. “Apart from this, is there any other information you can provide me with?”
Lucian then recounted the story of Roxanne’s drugging once more. Upon realizing that Roxanne was drugged via inhalation, Madilyn looked at her best friend, who was lying on the hospital bed. Her eyes were filled with pain.
“What a vicious method that person used! I doubt anyone would’ve anticipated being. drugged like this…” said Madilyn. Roxanne was very trusting of others. Even if she woke up and found out that she had been drugged by someone else without realizing it, there was no telling if she would. have learned a lesson.
Madilyn retracted her gaze from Roxanne and proceeded to question Lucian. “What about the doctors you hired? Do they really have no clues at all?”
At the very mention of those idiots, a hint of displeasure flashed across Lucian’s eyes. “There’s no conclusion yet. I can call them in and ask them to tell you what they’re thinking of right now.”
Madilyn nodded. “Okay. I’ll go talk to them. myself. Don’t worry. Roxanne’s problems are my problems too. I’ll do my best and try to find at way to cure her!”
“Thank you,” said Lucian. Madilyn seemed to be a little unhappy at this. “Roxanne and I have never been this courteous with each other before. Why don’t you try to figure things out too? I’ll be here keeping. watch.”
Lucian hummed in response and turned to leave..
He hurried over to the research institute. After the researchers examined Roxanne, they promptly went back to the research institute and continued their work there under Linda’s leadership.
Now that he had a lead on Roxanne’s condition, Lucian naturally wanted to go and check on the researchers. When he arrived at the research institute, a group of researchers was conducting experiments.
Only Linda remained seated in the office. Every now and then, she would look in the direction of Roxanne’s workstation with eyes filled with worry. I wonder how Dr. Jarvis is doing?
Just as Linda was worried, she heard some movements at the door. She immediately returned to her senses and turned around to look at who had just entered. All she saw was Lucian standing at the entryway and frowning hard.
When Lucian noticed that Linda had looked. over, he said, “Gather the group of people from this morning. I have something to say.” Linda quickly realized that it had to do with Roxanne, so she immediately set off to gather everyone there.
“I have a question for everyone here. Is there a medicinal herb that is only potent when burnt? All that person has to do is inhale enough of the residue, and when a certain dosage is reached, they will pass out,” Lucian asked. everyone present with a grave expression on his face.
Most of the doctors at the hospital were experts in modern medicine and were likely not as exposed to herbal remedies. On the contrary, the researchers at the research institute had to deal with such herbs all day long.
The likelihood of them narrowing down the list of herbs was far greater than modern medical practitioners. Upon hearing what Lucian said, everyone was taken aback.
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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