CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

Back in the conference room at Thompson Group, Shane was in the middle of a meeting when Silas entered the room. He walked towards Shane and bent down, speaking softly, “Mr. Shane, you have a call from Ms. Smith.”

“What's the matter?” Shane called for a pause in the meeting as he turned his attention to Silas.

Silas shook his head, replying, “I don't know. I haven't picked up.”

“Here, give it to me.” Shane took the phone from Silas.

Shane announced that the meeting would be postponed before he stepped out of the conference room to answer the call.

He placed the phone at his ear as he answered the call. “Hey, what's up?”

Natalie's voice drifted through the phone, but she appeared to be asking someone a question instead of talking to him. “Who sent you here? What are you trying to do?”

Her fear was evident in her tone; Shane could tell she was in trouble as his grip tightened on the phone. His expression had turned murderous and cold.

Now he realized that she was calling for help. Biting back his tongue, he suppressed his anger and concern as he listened quietly to the situation.

As long as I know where she is, I can go and save her.

Natalie didn't know if anyone had answered her call. She watched the thugs cautiously, her shoulders taut with tension.

what was going on behind her back. They smiled at her sinisterly. “What are we doing?

from going to court?” Natalie's eyes

“Congratulations! Didn't expect you to get it right on your first guess. In that case, there's no point in hiding it from

talking, the thugs stepped forward,

Natalie instinctively lifted her hands to block

that the thugs

grab her phone!” yelled one of the

of the phone, Shane realized Natalie's call had been discovered, and his heart sank. In a

voice, Natalie's eyes began to fill with

of her hands. As she looked on in alarm, one of the thugs hurled her phone to

as she shouted, rushing forward to get her

thug who threw her phone on the ground stepped on it. Crack!

“You b*tch! How dare you call for help?

fell from the sheer force of the slap. Her cheek immediately began to swell, while her head was ringing painfully from the impact. She felt as if all her thoughts had been

mouth and nose and tied up her limbs. They quickly fled the scene with

operations department with a dark expression on his face. Silas was

huffed

were clenched so tightly that the veins in his arms bulged. Working hard to keep his worry from spiraling out of control, he answered simply,