CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

After Natalie repeated that several times, she had managed to feed him almost the entire glass of water.

Seeing that the crease of his brows had eased, she breathed a sigh of relief.

“Just how much did you have to drink?” she muttered at the stench of alcohol hanging in the air.

Then, she shrugged helplessly before placing the back of her hand on his forehead to check whether he was running a fever.

After all, it was common to contract a fever from overindulgence.

Fortunately, Shane wasn't running a fever — he was merely sloshed.

At that, Natalie's heart that was lodged in her throat finally settled back in her chest. She then got up and went to the bathroom for a basin of water to wipe him down.

Having done all that, she pulled the covers over him and made to leave.

Out of the blue, Shane abruptly grabbed her hand. In a hoarse voice, he cried out, “Don't go!”

Thinking that he was awake, she hurriedly whirled around only to realize that he was merely talking in his sleep.

“Don't go!” the man repeated once more.

“I'll stay.” Natalie sat back down on the edge of the bed.

hand loosened

stared at

the flush on his face gradually faded. As such, he was probably

Shane's eyelids twitched. In the next moment, he opened

he frowned. “Why

the elation on Natalie's face instantly disappeared. “You were drunk, so I came over to take

Huh? I was drunk?

moment before he remembered that he had gone out for drinks with Jackson. He

Shane?” Natalie inquired when she noticed that he had

was holding her hand. His expression darkened, and he released his

the air had been sucked out of her when he dropped his hand,

keep you company tonight?” she murmured, gazing at

I'll take the initiative to stay the

and massaged his temples. “No, it's okay. You may leave.” His voice was as cold as

her lip, Natalie

“Leave!” Shane snapped.

in Natalie's eyes vanished, and her expression dimmed. She got up

dejection. A glimmer of distress

the next instant, however, his heart hardened again when he recalled the scene of his parents being mowed

left the room, she gently closed the door behind her. Then, she leaned against the door. Looking

before she finally managed