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.”

about Jacqueline? Hasn't she gone missing? I even heard some people say

news wasn't made public, but she's awake now. Anyway, I came to you because

stunned by the question, but then,

open 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

that the real culprit who wanted me

one who reported Alice as the culprit

a retired high-ranking official. That's why Shane and I never

detail, and that's the relationship between Mr.

Mr. 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

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 was actually innocent. So I never thought of the possibility that Mr.

is much deeper that

Gunn. As a retired official, he actually covered