Chapter 163
Chapter 163In an instant, the atmosphere between the four stillenied as the eyes of the
entire crowd fell on her.Roxanne frowned with difort. She did not want to interact with Lucian more
than was necessary. Instead, she turned to Jonathan. “What brings you here, Mr. Queen?” Jonathan
chuckled after a startled pause. “Il docsn‘t seem very polite to have invited you and then not pay
attention to you, so I thought I‘de and have a chat.”In the ensuing silence of his promation, he
shot Lucian a meaningful look. Thetter appeared indifferent. It was evident that he had no intention of
rifying the matter.Jonathan had no choice but to take the me.Roxanne smiled faintly. “I don‘t
mind. In fact, I happened to have run into Larry here. As we rarely see each other, we have our own
catching up to do. Though I appreciate your kindness, there‘s no need for you to entertain
me.”Jonathan choked at her subtle dismissal. He was trying to find another excuse to stay for a chat
when the sound of a pair of approaching heels drew his attention to it.“There you are, Lucian.” Aubree‘s
voice rang out. “Your mother has been looking for you. You should go see what she wants.”Jonathan
had no choice but to hold back the excuse he had conceived.Lucian frowned but did not leave
immediately. The woman behind him had already arrived by his side, staring daggers at Roxanne as
she approached.Roxanne felt nauseated at the sight of the couple standing together. “It appears that
you have something to do. Don‘t let me bother you.”With that, she whispered something to Larry, and
the pair of them turned to leave.Standing beside Lucian, Aubree constantly reminded him that Sonya
wanted him, preventing him from dissuading Roxanne from leaving.“Mrs. Farwell seems to be in a
hurry. I‘d bettere with you.” Aubree felt her heart turning cold upon noticing his gaze lingering on
the woman in the distance. In a panic, her reminders increased both in urgency and in pitch. Already
irritable, Lucian turned to give her such a cold re that Aubree‘s voice sputtered to a halt.The next
second, the man stalked past her indifferently without even designing to give her another
nce.Aubree was stunned for a few seconds before she regained herposure and marched
quickly in his wake with gritted teeth.Meanwhile, Roxanne and Larry found a quiet corner to sit at.Larry
could not stop himself from asking, “What‘s going on between you and Mr. Farwell, Roxanne?”Roxanne
smiled. “There‘s nothing going on. We met by chance.”WOHowever, Larry‘s gaze appeared doubtful.
“Really? I thought you two were nning to get back together.”The hostility emanating from Lucian
earlier was fresh in his mind.Roxanne did not expect him to have such a misleading sense of intuition.
“How could that be?” she eximed sarcastically. “Weren‘t you paying attention? His fiancée was next
to him.”Larry was about to ask another question, but Roxanne made her refusal to discuss the subject
in by changing it bluntly. “Let‘s talk about something else. Where were we?”She was referring to
their topic of conversation before Jonathan‘s arrival.Obliging her wishes, Larry did not ask any further.
He resumed their conversation about medicine from where they left off.As both were leaders in the
field, they soon left private matters behind and were engaged in an exciting discourse.Roxanne was
initially resigned to a dreary evening spent at the birthday banquet, but Larry‘s appearance made her
attendance worthwhile after all.However, she was beginning to grow anxious when the banquet did not
show any signs of ending despite it being already ten at night.The three children at home, especially
Essie, were waiting up for her. The little girl had only been able to fall asleep for the past few nights
under coaxing. She might have difficulty falling asleep if Roxanne was not there with her.Al that
rming thought, Roxanne hurriedly ended the conversation with Larry before rising to say goodbye to
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