CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

“No, you can't say no. You have to help me!” Jacqueline interrupted in a shrill tone.

Though he was not in the same room as her, Jackson thought he could imagine how desperate she looked at that very moment.

“Jacqueline, you should stay at the villa and repent. Maybe Shane will let you off easy out of pity. If you make a run for it now, you'll only piss him off,” Jackson sighed as he doled out his advice.

Jacqueline vibrated with anger as she yelled, “What do you mean I'll piss him off? I bet you're the one scared of pissing him off! You coward!”

Jackson's expression darkened. “Is that what you think of me?”

“How else should I look at you? You claim that you love me, yet you've never once confessed your feelings to me. What is that if it isn't cowardice? Now that I'm stuck in the villa, you won't come and save me after my begging. You're nothing but a coward.”

Jackson smiled bitterly, feeling like a knife had stabbed straight through his heart. “I guess you're right, Jacqueline. A coward like me can't save you.”

Dejected, he prepared to hang up.

the other

provoke him into rescuing me! I didn't think he would actually admit to being a coward. He'd rather admit to his timidity than save

ballooned, as did the urge to cut

lifeline. She could say any manner of harsh words to him, but severing

her anger and pleaded, “Jackie, are you

I can't help you out of this, nor can

nothing wrong with it. Jackie, you have to save me. I'm going mad in this villa. I think I'm starting to hallucinate. Jackie,

at her pitiful cries. “How

I'll repent, but I can't be stuck in this place forever. I can change for the better elsewhere. Jackie, I'm begging you. I'm going to go mad

“B-but-” Jackson hesitated.

tone chilled instantly. “If you don't want to see my dead body, you better agree to my request. You know better than anyone else that once someone sets their

before saying, “I must've owed you my life in

best, Jackie. I always knew you cared about

on the