The Abandoned Wife (Lucian)
Chapter 208

Chapter 208

Chapter 208 Roxanne left

The café at a much earlier time than she expected. After getting in the car, Roxanne gripped the

steering wheel. For a long time, she didn’t start the car.

Her mind was a complete mess. After being overseas for six years, she thought that she had gotten

over her past. To her surprise, when Aubree brought it up to her, her mood was still affected. When she

married Lucian six years ago, she did not even have any idea who Aubree was.

If she had… When she recalled how foolishly in love she was with Lucian back then, she mockingly bit

her lower lip. There was a possibility she would have insisted on marrying him anyway.

However, the happiness she felt when she married Lucian was equalized to how miserable she felt

when she left him.

Who would have thought that after a long time being married, they had only fulfilled their duties as

husband and wife once after she drugged him. Not to mention, the next morning, she left with her heart

broken.

Thinking back to it, Roxanne felt she was so pitiful and hideous back then. Even worse, six years had

passed, and still, she was the thorn between Lucian and Aubree’s relationship. She still remembered

how Lucian had sworn he wanted to marry Aubree.

Yet, for some reason, it had dragged on for six years. Their relationship remained stuck at the

engagement stage.

The way he treated her was vastly different from six years ago. Roxanne was getting more confused

about what went on in his mind. After being lost in her thoughts for a while in her car, Roxanne realized

that time was running out. She slowly came back to reality, started her car, and headed for the research

institute.

She arrived just in time for her to clock back into work. Just as she got out of her car, she ran into

Colby. He had just returned from having lunch outside. “Dr. Jarvis, did you have a lunch appointment?”

Colby smiled and walked with her to the research facility.

Roxanne thought of her unpleasant experience earlier that afternoon. She shook her head. Colby

looked at her for several seconds. After some hesitation, he asked, “You seem like you’re in a bad

mood. Did your lunch appointment not go well?” Roxanne couldn’t help but feel taken aback.

She didn’t think she would be so easy to read. When he saw how she looked a little surprised, Colby

knew he had guessed it right. With a chuckle, he changed the topic. “Since you’re upset, why don’t you

head home earlier? I’ll handle the project. You should take the time to relax.”

Roxanne declined. “I can’t let something small like this affect my work.”

Hearing that, Colby glanced at her in confusion. Slowly, he said, “Dr. Jarvis, do you not trust me? All

this while, everyone has seen how hard you’ve been working on this project.

Many employees were also forced to work overtime because of that. There’s bound to be some

complaints. Why don’t you give everyone a day off today? You can use the time to readjust your mood.

I’m sure it’ll help you become more efficient with work later on too.” Roxanne couldn’t argue with his

reasoning. She was used to the tough working life overseas.

After coming back, she just assumed that everyone could be like her.

However, she forgot the fact that that was her first time working together with these employees.

For the past two days, their research progress had been slowing down. Thinking of that, Roxanne

nodded at Colby appreciatively.

“Thank you for the reminder. Since that’s the case, rest early today.”

At noon, all the workers in the research institute got off work early. Roxanne headed straight to the

kindergarten to pick Archie and Benny up.

Because of her earlier conversation with Aubree, she had no idea how to face Estella. Hence, when

she picked Archie and Benny up, she did not dare to look at Estella at all.

Instead, she left straight away.