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.

He immediately perceived what she was thinking, and

she deny someone who was going in the same direction as

was trapped. Flustered, she did her best to overlook his

her eyes desperately trained on the lift panel, as

acknowledge Shane was very obvious. Perturbed, Shane longed to confess his feelings for her and put a stop to all

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

his heart bare to Natalie, he would

thought of this, Shane hardened his heart. He clenched his hands that were hidden deep

only by the occasional sounds of

Connor and Sharon both heaved a sigh of relief, glad to have escaped that claustrophobic

wrong?” Natalie asked as

and Sharon shook their heads.

their heads, and they walked to

and Sharon had gotten onto the car, Natalie walked over to the

nowhere to be seen. Natalie puzzled briefly over where he could have vanished to, given that he had been

on it. Then, Natalie quickly snapped back to her present, got into the

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