The Abandoned Wife (Lucian) novel Chapter 1538

He knew Roxanne was hiding something from him when she paused briefly.

“Why would he refuse to talk about work? Isn’t it better to finalize a contract that would bring him profits as soon as possible?” Lucian asked calmly in an attempt to go with the flow.

Roxanne lowered her gaze as she replied, “He had been drinking and felt he was in no condition to discuss business.”

Jack has been drinking?

Lucian narrowed his eyes as he said, “Most deals are closed over drinks. Jack is the heir of the Damaris family, so I’m sure he must’ve closed plenty of deals over drinks by now. He must have had some other reason for refusing to discuss business with you.”

Roxanne’s eyes went wide as she recalled what happened earlier. She couldn’t bring herself to tell him that their negotiation failed because she turned down Jack’s confession.

While she did not have feelings for Jack, she believed that a confession was a private thing, so she didn’t want to reveal it to Lucian.

Roxanne eyed him cautiously as she said, “Maybe he didn’t want to discuss business while he was in a celebratory mood earlier. I’ll go see him again tomorrow at Damaris Group. Would you have time to come with me?”

She didn’t know how she would face Jack after what happened earlier.

Besides, she also needed Lucian to help check the details of the contract.

Naturally, Lucian wouldn’t say no to her request.

While he was displeased with her hiding the truth from him, he was willing to forget about that since she wanted him to go meet Jack with her.

With that, the topic of their conversation shifted toward the contract that they would be signing with Jack tomorrow.

As Elias and Sonya had yet to return to the Farwell residence, the three kids were huddled around Catalina and telling her their stories from kindergarten.