Susan opened her mouth in shock. She was at a complete loss for words.

Indeed, that was what she had thought all along.

Susan believed that Shane had dropped by the hospital so often because he wanted to know if Jasmine had woken up from her ‘coma’ yet.

Natalie shrugged helplessly. “Well, I’m sorry to inform the both of you that you were wrong. Mr. Shane wasn’t there to see you. He was visiting Ms. Graham!”

Yulia laughed at Susan and Jasmine, obviously reveling in their misery. “Oh, dear. What a disappointment for the both of you!”

Jasmine’s hand trembled as it lay on the armrest of her wheelchair. She felt as though someone had emptied a bucket of ice-cold water on her.

This was the first time she realized that Natalie wasn’t the only other woman by Shane’s side. He had a mysterious woman called Jacqueline too.

“Jas...” Susan placed a hand on her daughter’s shoulder worriedly.

Natalie put her hands on her knees and bent down slightly to meet Jasmine’s eyes. “Now, the both of you know why Mr. Shane would’ve canceled the engagement even without me around. Jasmine, you’re just a stand-in for Jacqueline, who helped discourage other girls who want to try their luck with him. Simply put, you’re just a pawn to Mr. Shane.”

breakdown. She grabbed at her own hair and pulled violently at it, her face contorted in rage. Jacqueline Graham,

again. “Thus, there’s no use in you coming to look for

eyes, malice written all over her face. “Even if there wasn’t a Jacqueline, you still had a part to play in this! Shane might have wanted to call off our engagement, but he wouldn’t have done it now if you hadn’t come along! Hence, when all is said and done, everything

love was Jacqueline, Jasmine was quite clear on the fact that he was in love

find a way to make both

the rancor in Jasmine’s eyes, Natalie

to talk sense into people like this. Let’s ignore them—we’re only wasting

that, Yulia slammed the door shut in

to bang loudly on the door, screaming

a call to

door before everything returned to its peaceful

had gone, she let out a sigh of relief and returned to the living room. “The two of them

apple on the sofa. “They don’t have issues. They’re just two people who bully

that they wanted to go and look for Jacqueline but knew that it would be completely useless. Hence, they chose to take their anger out on you instead. Come to think of it, I’m pretty glad that Jasmine ruined the engagement between you and Shane.

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