CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

Shane stalked over to Jackson. “Where is Jacqueline?”

Lowering his eyes, Jackson murmured, “Please have a seat, and we'll talk.”

“I asked you where Jacqueline is!” Shane kicked the desk so that that it screeched across the floor.

At the sight of the askew desk, Jackson knew that his best friend was truly livid and no longer dared to keep him in suspense. “She has left,” he answered honestly.

“Left?” Shane stared at him without a trace of emotion in his eyes.

Stricken by guilt, Jackson hung his head. “I-It was me who let her go. After leaving the villa, she left by herself. Even I have no idea where she's gone right now.”

“Ah, what a great answer!” Shane gave a bark of sardonic laughter. “Jackson, I want to know why you did that.”

“Jacqueline contacted me and begged me to save her. She threatened to commit suicide if I didn't agree to help her. Shane, you know she would've had no qualms doing so, considering her extreme personality.” Jackson looked at him beseechingly.

However, Shane merely snorted in response. “I don't deny that, but I've already removed all dangerous objects from her room. As such, she couldn't have done so.”

seeks death has thousands of ways to go around it that

hands balled into fists. “So, you capitulated because you think that she'll truly

loved her, so I can't twiddle my thumbs while she loses her mind or dies.

won't let her off either.” After saying that with narrowed eyes, Shane spun around

called him

Shane halted

pleaded, “Shane, can you please spare her this once since she has already left? Perhaps she has

all! If that's ever possible, she would've seen the errors of her ways long ago. She wouldn't have asked you to

“I know, but...”

Shane interrupted all

a moment, Jackson was

if you really love her,” Shane

Jackson frowned. “Of course.”

it's not love at all. Instead, it's an indulgence,” Shane asserted. “You claim to love her, yet you never once considered getting her to go for treatment despite knowing that she has a severe mental illness. You knew that she had done something wrong, yet you never thought of having her bear the consequences of her actions. Instead, you helped her

to protest, but he simply couldn't utter the words that were right on

her by doing all that, merely reluctant to