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Chapter 390
Jonathan could see that Roxanne was worried, and he could decipher
what she was worried about, so he rephrased his words. “Queen Group won‘t have a falling out with Farwell Group because of something trivial as this, and I won‘t risk Queen G
The hesitance on Roxanne‘s face slowly faded away as she stared at his confident expression. However, she still could not stop herself from asking, “But why are you helping me
When Jonathan thought about his conversation with Lucian the night before, the thoughts he had whilst he looked into Roxanne‘s eyes changed.
However, Roxanne only felt strange as she stared back at him.
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Half a beat later, Jonathan slowly stated, “My grandpa had been bedbound for
years, and it‘s all thanks to you, Dr. Jarvis, that he can recover to this point. Moreover, you‘ve said before that my grandpa was already on the verge of death when you took ove
This is a great favor you‘ve done to the Queen family, and my grandpa even thinks of you as one of the Queens. He has asked me to be extra considerate with you.”
Roxanne was suddenly reminded of the way Alfred tried to match–make her and Jonathan.
Hence, upon hearing Jonathan‘s words, she began wondering if Alfred had yet to give up on that.
An apologetic look then crossed her face as she solemnly told Jonathan, “Please thank Old Mr. Queen
for me. It‘s my duty as a doctor to treat and save patients. Also, it‘s not as if I‘ve not received anything in return; the Queen family has paid for my service, so we don‘t owe eac
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After a few seconds
of silence, Roxanne continued in a grave voice, “Moreover, I already have two children. I‘ve already given my clear rejection abput the thing Old Mr. Queen mentioned last time
Right as those words were out of her mouth, the expressions of the two other people in the room changed.
An exasperated look appeared on Jonathan‘s face. Is it that easy to misunderstand my words? Even Lucian misunderstood my
words when I talked about this with him last night. Now, Roxanne‘s doing the same.
In contrast, Colby‘s heart sunk, and his eyes widened.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmHe knew that Roxanne had gotten closer to Jonathan after Roxanne treated Jonathan‘s grandfather.
However, he had no idea that Alfred had borne such thoughts before.
Even though Roxanne had not voiced it out loudl Colby could guess that Alfred wanted to match make her with Jonathan.
It took Jonathan a while before he could dismiss the exasperation he felt. Amused, he then explained to
Roxanne, “It has nothing to do with that. You‘ve already rejected him, so how can my grandpa still insist on it? We just feel that the Queen family should have a friend like you af
after we learned about your personality.”
Finally, Roxanne sighed in relief and smiled at him. “In that case, I‘ll have to go along with this, Mr. Queen. Regardless of whether the few herb suppliers you mentioned will work
Jonathan had an equally bright smile on his face. “Good to hear that. For that meal I‘ll be treated to, I‘ll definitely convince those herb suppliers. So, Dr. Jarvis, please wait for my
The two then chatted a little more about the herb suppliers before Jonathan rose to his feet to leave.
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