Shane remained silent.

It was exactly because there weren't any security cameras here that he couldn't identify which of them was lying.

Otherwise, the first thing he would do was retrieve the security footage.

“So are you saying we should just forget about this matter altogether, Dr. Baker?” Natalie narrowed her eyes at Jackson, as though able to see through the depths of his soul.

Jackson looked away guiltily, unable to bring himself to meet her gaze at all. With a forced smile, he answered, “Yeah. Jacqueline merely fell down. It's nothing serious. Let's not make it a big deal and just let it go. What do you think, Shane?”

Shane's eyes turned pensive, but he nodded in agreement in the end.

Since there's really no evidence, we might as well just let it go.

Seeing as Shane concurred to his suggestion, Jackson breathed an inaudible sigh of relief before discreetly casting Jacqueline a warning look.

This small detail did not go unnoticed by Natalie.

She scoffed with disdain as she studied Jackson.

He obviously knows that Jacqueline orchestrated everything that happened earlier.

likes her, he chose to protect her and also tried to downplay

ashamed when he heard Natalie scoff, but for Jacqueline's sake, he had no choice but to

“Natalie...”

don't want to see

“Ms. Smith, you-”

force on her for the first time. With a stern expression, he asserted, “Ms. Smith wants us to leave, so enough

dragged Jacqueline

an icy tone,

brows rose

she meant me

together and retorted unhappily,

stared

a husband who doesn't

should I bother

frowned. “I'm

about you? Just like them, you don't believe

wearily, “I already

she said either. Doesn't that automatically mean you think I pushed her?” Natalie said pointedly with a short

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