Shane placed his hands into his pocket coolly, then announced, “Because the corneas that Jacqueline is interested in belong to someone who is already dying.”

“Someone who's already dying?” Natalie stared at him, incomprehension written all over her face.

Shane nodded in affirmation. “Jacqueline said herself that the person she's thinking of only has about two or three months to live.”

This revelation allowed Natalie to breathe a little easier, gradually recovering her composure. The suspicion she had been harboring in her mind began to slowly evaporate.

Two to three months to live? It sounds like a terminal illness. I guess we've truly misunderstood Ms. Graham.

Awkwardly, Natalie bobbed her head in apology. “I'm sorry, Mr. Shane. We've completely misunderstood Ms. Graham,” she admitted.

“It's fine. I'll confess that even I found Jacqueline's reaction just now to be rather dubious,” Shane replied kindly, dismissing Natalie's apology.

Natalie looked at him. “Since it was a pure misunderstanding, let's not discuss this matter anymore. We'll be off now.”

She grabbed each of her two children's hands and hurried into the lift.

Shane followed them, much to Natalie's dismay.

on Natalie. He immediately perceived what she was

was

did her best to overlook his presence

keeping a distance from Shane. Natalie also kept her eyes desperately trained on the lift panel, as if hoping that everything else around her

longed to confess his feelings

couldn't do that. He had yet to uncover the identities of those trying to

his heart bare to Natalie, he would only subject Natalie and her children

clenched his hands that were hidden deep within

in the lift was deafening, broken only by the occasional sounds of light breathing. Beneath the incredible weight of the tension, Connor and Sharon grew increasingly

hauled her two children out with her. Connor and Sharon both heaved a

wrong?” Natalie asked as

their heads. “Nothing, Mommy! Let's

their heads, and

walked over to the

Natalie puzzled briefly over where he could have vanished to, given

to let her mind linger on it. Then, Natalie quickly snapped back

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