CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

Jacqueline's eyes flashed as she answered, “It's a pendant.”

“What kind of pendant? Ms. Graham, can you describe it?” queried Natalie with a mockery look on her face.

Upon seeing that, Shane guessed something was strange about the pendant. His face darkened as he inquired, “Jacqueline, what did you give Natalie?”

“I...” Jacqueline gripped her fork tightly and stammered.

Natalie couldn't wait for the former to finish her sentence. Hence, she sneered, “You can't tell, right? I'll do the honors. She gave me a mouse pendant.”

“Mouse pendant?” Shane's brows were knitted tightly into a deep frown upon hearing that. “Jacqueline, why did you give Natalie a mouse pendant?”

Jacqueline lowered her head and replied, “B-Because... M-Ms. Smith was born in the Year of the Mouse. S-So...”

Natalie stared at the former and said, “I'm happy if you give me a mouse pendant because of the year I was born because those accessories were usually cute. But the mouse pendant that you gave me was Professor Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective, an infamous criminal. Obviously, it was custom-made. So, what are you implying?”

Having heard that, Shane understood what had happened.

Jacqueline gave Natalie a custom-made mouse accessory, but the mouse did not look cute. It looked like Professor Ratigan, who was an infamous criminal.

other words, Jacqueline gave Natalie the pendant to imply that the

dark, and the temperature around him seemed to

not understand my words?” asked Shane as he stared at the former with

that the two children had finish eating, Natalie patted Connor on his shoulder, signaling

to let the children

tone, Jacqueline's eyes reddened instantly. “Shane,

about that, but now you give her the mouse pendant. Last time you did the same

response. Her tears fell even more at that moment. “Shane, don't be mad at

target Natalie. There won't be a third time. You'd do well to remember that. If such a thing happens again, move out of here

to lead her out

there was only Jacqueline in the

and kept her head low to hide the underlying emotions in

tell Shane about the pendant,

targeting Natalie, Shane's patience towards her would slowly wear off by her

Natalie and Shane had reached the living

her hand from Shane and said,

his lips. “Do you think I am that kind of

we were in the ward,