CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

Otherwise, given her ego, she'd think she was inferior to the people around her. If that happened, a shift in their relationship dynamics would be inevitable.

Silas scratched his chin as he thought about Shane's words. “You're right. I've seen many people in close relationships who decided to work together, only for them to fight and fall out eventually.”

Shane shot him a glance and said curtly, “Natalie and I won't fall out!”

Silas realized he had inadvertently said the wrong thing and immediately apologized, “I'm sorry, Mr. Shane. That wasn't intentional.”

Shane scoffed and stepped into the elevator, not saying anything more.

Grateful that Shane wasn't going to pick on him further, Silas heaved a sigh of relief and hurried after him.

Natalie was extremely busy in the days that followed.

Soon, work had gotten even busier for Natalie and Joyce because they had converted their studio to a company. They spent such long hours outside that Natalie would sometimes only reach home in the wee hours. Her kids had even started whining about not seeing much of their mother.

It took about a week before their company was finally up and running. At long last, Natalie could take a breather, but she had also lost a ton of weight.

Shane's heart ached upon seeing her sunken eyes and dark circles under her eyes, a hint of regret overcame him for having given her the funds.

Yet, that feeling of regret soon passed.

He knew that given her talent, it was a matter of time before she could set up her own company. When that time came, she would still immerse herself fully into work to get it all set up. As such, it seemed like a better idea to get it over and done with sooner than later.

Shane. “I almost forgot to tell you, but I'm going overseas in

Shane replied as

birthday is

kids looked up excitedly.

of you along.” Natalie smiled

up his coffee and

What?

stunned by his response and stared at

keep her birthday celebration small and cozy and thus only invited a

nodded. “I'm your boyfriend.

you can,” Natalie replied,

if he goes, would that be equivalent to meeting the

of that and her face turned a

at her mother and reached out to touch her face. “Mommy, what's wrong? Your face

drew the attention of Connor and Shane, who were

brushed it off. “I'm fine. Okay, hurry

obedient as ever, nodded and

sent both kids

had been hectic for both Natalie and Shane, Mrs. Wilson had taken over the duty of sending