CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

“Did they find anything then?” Natalie inquired.

Alice smiled bitterly. “Of course not. The Grahams framed Ms. Larson just to keep Mrs. Garcia from sniffing Jacqueline out. That's why Ms. Larson and her whole family were kicked out of the banquet. I was a coward back then. I didn't dare to tell what I saw. It wasn't only until later that I told Ms. Larson about it.”

“Is that why the Grahams went bankrupt?” Natalie surmised.

Alice nodded. “Yes. The Larsons joined forces with enemies of the Graham family, and the Grahams went bankrupt as a result. After that, the incident of Jacqueline torturing a cat spread like wildfire.”

“Wait, then why didn't Shane know anything about it?” Natalie's brows furrowed in confusion.

If Shane knew about Jacqueline's sick hobby of torturing animals, he would never have indulged her every step of the way.

“Mr. Shane was studying abroad at that time. He only came back to J City after Jacqueline went missing. By then, the Graham family had already crumbled, so naturally, no one mentioned all the things Jacqueline did. I'm not surprised that Mr. Shane didn't know about it,” Alice explained.

Natalie widened her eyes in realization. “So that's why.”

did you suddenly ask to see me to talk about Jacqueline? Hasn't she gone missing? I even heard some people say

dead or missing. She's just been in a vegetative state for ten years. No one knows about it because the news wasn't made public, but she's awake now. Anyway, I came to you because there's something I need to ask you.

momentarily stunned by the question, but then, she began to think back

and she exclaimed, “Mrs. Thompson, now that you mention it, I think it really was her. Even though I haven't seen her or heard her voice in ten years, I can still remember what her voice sounded like. There was a slight difference in the voice of the person on the phone

culprit who wanted

who reported Alice

why Shane and I never once doubted the investigation

a very important detail, and that's the relationship between

Gunn was Jacqueline's great-grandfather, at that time, he still thought Jacqueline was the same innocent and kind girl. That's why he never entertained the possibility that

suspected it either, firstly because I didn't know about Mr. Gunn and Jacqueline's relationship until later on, and secondly because I didn't know that Alice

much deeper

official, he actually covered up for