Lucian gave him a sardonic look and turned to look at Jack. He wanted to see what kind of explanation the latter would come up with.
Jack’s eyes darkened. He did not fumble for an explanation. Instead, he said, “I am to be blamed for this. This happened because of me. I will take care of the rest. Dr. Jarvis’ name will not be tarnished because of this misunderstanding.”
Lucian pursed his lips into a thin, hard line. Then he regarded Roxanne with a frown.
These two men were the ones whom he had witnessed to be quite close to Roxanne.
In fact, Lucian felt threatened by their presence.
However, seeing as these two men could not even protect Roxanne from being slandered, Lucian vowed that he would never hand her over to any of them.
Roxanne was his and his only.
The tension among the fo
