Chapter 617


    Before Roxanne could say anything, the man continued, “Besides, you did send the flowers back to my office, didn’t you? Do you


    want to know how my staff talked behind my back?”


    Lucian said it matter—of-factly.Belongs ? to N?velDrama.Org.


    His reply rendered Roxanne speechless for a moment. After a short pause, she gritted her teeth and retorted, “That’s because


    your action has caused inconvenience to me, Mr. Farwell!”


    Lucian let out a bafflingugh. “Your action has caused me inconvenience too, Ms. Jarvis.”


    “Lucian Farwell!” Roxanne called out his name with a raised voice. “You knew what | meant!”


    Lucian’s expression turned grim as he responded in a solemn voice, “You knew my intention as well. Why wouldn''t you give me


    a chance?”


    Their conversation kept hitting a deadlock.


    Roxanne pressed her lips, remaining silent for a while. After regaining herposure, she said calmly, “Let''s meet and talk it


    out.”


    She had to think of a way to end this quickly as she did not want to y this with him anymore.


    game


    Upon hearing that, Lucian arched his brows, surprised that she would want to meet up with him. But it seems she just wants to


    turn me down in front of me.


    The man pursed his lips as he agreed, “Sure. You decide the time and ce, then.”


    Roxanne acknowledged at once.


    After ending the call, Lucian returned to the conference room. However, this time, he looked less intimidating.


    Those who talked behind his back immediately zipped their mouth, looking all businesslike once again.


    “Let''s continue,” Lucian ordered.


    With that, someone stood up and continued with the meeting.


    During the meeting, Lucian’s phone started blinking again.


    Arching his brows, he nced at the screen, noticing the text from Roxanne. She told him to meet her at a café near the


    research institute during lunch break.


    The people in the meeting noticed the tension on Lucian’s face had eased after he looked at the phone screen.


    In fact, he seemed to be in a good mood by the time the meeting ended.


    It was already noon when he left the conference room and returned to his office.


    ncing at the time on his watch, Lucian felt concerned about the meeting with Roxanne, as he had not thought of what to say


    later.


    Their meetings in the past had ended on a sour note, and Lucian knew things would not get better this time because Roxanne


    was determined to reject him.


    Of course, Lucian would not let things go her way.


    Feeling vexed at the thought of the intense exchange that might happenter, he decided to give Jonathan a call.


    It did not take long for Jonathan to answer his call. “Yes, Lucian. How can | help you?”


    Lucian replied in a deep voice, “I''ll be meeting herter.”


    Hearing that, Jonathan froze for a moment, but he soon realized who Lucian was talking about.


    “So... | suppose you''ve made good progress?” Jonathan asked in surprise.


    Lucian said frankly, “She’s nning to reject me.”


    His reply left Jonathan speechless. Did Lucian do anything wrong? Why does Dr. Jarvis keep on rejecting him?


    Had the person involved in this been someone else, Jonathan would have advised him to give up.


    However, since the center of the drama revolved around Lucian and Este’s biological mother, Jonathan had no choice but to


    come up with ideas to help Lucian


    out.


    Yet, Jonathan had run out of ideas since Lucian said Roxanne was determined to turn him down.