CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

Chapter 6

It was not until the next morning that Shane finally gained consciousness.

His ebony eyes swept across his surroundings, instantly realizing where he was.

It seemed like he had successfully escaped from danger.

Bracing himself with his palms, he tried to sit up. The motion pulled on his sutures, and the pain caused him to let out a grunt.

From her position beside the bed, Natalie was shocked out of her light slumber at the noise.

When she lifted her head, she was met with his cold gaze.

Surprised to see him staring back at her, it took her a few seconds to say, “Hey... you’re awake!”

The woman’s features were delicate and beautiful. She would have been incredibly pretty if it were not for her pale lips and the dark eye bags under her eyes. It was obvious she had stayed by his bedside the whole night. There were also some rusty stains on her white blouse that looked vaguely like dried blood.

Right then, scattered memories from last night flashed through Shane’s mind.

Looks like this woman rescued me.

After a while, he spoke up in a low tone, “What would you like in return for saving me? You don’t have to hold back.”

surprise. A few seconds later, something in her brain clicked, and she hurriedly explained, “No, it

would have such a huge misunderstanding about what happened

she did not tell him the truth, he would never forgive her if he found

one who accidentally

everything about what happened last night, not leaving anything

to her astonishment, his expression remained blank and emotionless.

reason, he did not seem like he cared about her hitting him with her

first. “Mister, I haven’t made a police report

things would drag on forever. She planned on leaving J City soon and

answered tiredly in his baritone voice, “There’s no

real? Or did I hit him so

concerned that that would be the case, she made a mental note to have a

I’ll go get

that said, Natalie got up and left the room to get

with food in one hand, she gave Joyce a

Nat, how are things? Is that guy okay?” Joyce’s anxious

worried sick the whole night, but she refrained herself from calling

at hearing her best friend’s voice.