CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

“Oil?” Joyce was dumbfounded. “Why would there be oil in front of the restroom?”

“I’ve no idea either, but it definitely feels like it,” Natalie replied tentatively.

“Let me have a look.” Joyce helped her over to the side so that her friend would be able to prop herself up against the wall before she let go. The former then returned to the restroom door before bending down to investigate the floor.

She noticed the glisten of some watery substance near the spot where Natalie had slipped and fallen earlier.

“This should be it.” The observant woman said as she reached out and dabbed an index finger into the suspicious liquid. Her eyes widened as she rubbed it between her thumb. “It really is oil, Nat.”

“It is as I have suspected.” The fingers on Natalie’s supporting hand tightened against itself.

Having water outside of the restroom floor was nothing out of the ordinary.

The presence of oil, however, suggested something else. More significant to this discovery was that it was there only when she came out. This was proof of foul play, and she had a good idea of who the culprit might be.

“Let me have a whiff of it, Joyce. I want to know what kind of oil it is!” Natalie said in a low voice.

Joyce nodded. She got to her feet before she extended her finger.

lowered her head, a subtle fragrance hovered near her nostrils. “It’s an essential oil which is

scent was similar to the type she had noticed on Jasmine. So it

the mounting anger apparent on Natalie’s face as she came over to support the

teeth. “It was Jasmine. She did

she stomped her feet. She paused and looked to her friend when something else occurred to her. “What’s Jasmine doing

we are; to compete in the bidding exercise. When I ran into her in the restroom earlier, she told me that she was not going to let me win. I suppose

“No way we are going to stomach this, Nat. Let’s go find her and

tugged at her friend’s sleeve. “The bidding process is still ongoing. If we were to confront her now, we could get blacklisted by the organizers. I’d say we wait until

helped calm Joyce as she composed herself. “You may be right. We should

“Okay.” Natalie nodded.

two then made their way back

When she saw Natalie being helped in, she

see her ploy succeed, but infuriated that Natalie still stuck around for the

the attention of Shane

onto her feet briefly before he

a glance at her before he nodded. “I’m on