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.”

own hair and pulled violently

there’s no use in you

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,

that he was in love with Natalie as well. He might love Jacqueline

She would find a way to make both

rancor in Jasmine’s eyes, Natalie

trying to talk sense into people

that, Yulia slammed the door shut in Susan and

Jasmine continued to bang loudly on the door, screaming for

took out her phone and made a call to the guardhouse, which promptly sent two security guards upstairs

door before

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

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

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

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