Chapter 1224


    Roxanne felt her heart start to waver after hearing Lucian’s words. However, she couldn’t help but think


    that his tone sounded rather odd. He is indeed suspecting Jack to be the culprit, but why does hisst


    sentence…Roxanne mulled over it for a moment when she suddenly thought of something, and a touch


    of surprise shed across her eyes.Before this, Lucian kept losing his temper with me because I was


    getting too close to Jack. Naturally, he’s pissed off about the same thing this time as well. He’s probably


    angry that I’m defending Jack. Wait… Could he be… jealous of Jack?Just as that thought shed into


    her mind, Roxanne snapped back to her senses and nced at Lucian uneasily before retracting her


    gaze.Somehow, I can’t associate the word jealous with the man before me. It’s simply impossible for


    Lucian to feel jealousy.Nheless, now that the thought was in Roxanne’s mind, it was like it had


    taken root and she couldn’t get rid of it. As a result, she no longer dared to meet Lucian’s eyes.Her


    breath hitched as she said, “Although it’s true that I don’t know Jack that well, I just can’t find any


    reason to doubt him since he’s the project leader.”Seemingly satisfied with her statement, Lucian gave


    a soft snort in response.After hesitating for a while, Roxanne made up her mind. “Since we have


    different opinions, we’ll let the evidence speak for itself.”She finally had the courage to look Lucian in


    the eyes as she added, “What do you think of my suggestion, Mr. Farwell?”Seeing how Roxanne was


    still unwilling to doubt Jack but was sensible enough to make a concession with him, Lucian felt his


    anger subside slightly. “Fine, I’ll go along with it. I’ll show you the evidence so that you can see what


    kind of a person he really is.” Roxanne nodded. “The truth is all I want. Anyway, Dr. Galloway is in


    charge of the research institute, so I’ll tell him to give you free rein during this period of time in order for


    you to look into this matter.”Lucian agreed to it without saying anything more.It could be said that the


    two of them had reached an agreement.As promised, the first thing that Roxanne did was give Colby a


    call.It took a while before thetter answered.The moment the call was connected, Colby’s apologetic


    and helpless voice rang out. “Dr. Jarvis, how are you doing? I’m sorry, I should have paid you a visit


    earlier, but I really have no idea where Mr. Farwell has taken you.”Hearing that, Roxanne


    subconsciously nced at the man beside her.All she knew was that Lucian was the one who brought


    her to the hospital. As for what happened during and after she fell unconscious, she had no clue about


    it.Judging from Colby’s words, I’m guessing Lucian must have done something unpleasant when he


    took me away.Lucian frowned, but he didn’t try to exin, for he thought that there was no need for him


    to give an exnation just because of Colby’s words.Seeing that, Roxanne could only retract her gaze.


    She then said to Colby, “I’m fine now, thank you for your concern, Dr. Galloway.”Colby’s voice was still


    tinged with guilt when he said, “What happened yesterday was too sudden. Several researchers were


    more or less affected by it. As a result, I have been so busy since yesterday that I forgot to call you.


    This is wrong of me…”Roxanne could imagine the chaos that must have ensued in the research


    institute after she copsed.Coupled with the leakage of toxic gases, she reckoned some may have


    even been poisoned.With me being in aa and hospitalized, I’m sure Colby must be feeling


    exhausted trying to clean up the mess all alone for one whole day.With that thought in mind, Roxanne


    said apologetically, “I’m sorry. I was too careless and caused you trouble again.”Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.