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.”

ways to go around it that you can't guard against all possibilities,” Jackson

“So, you capitulated because you think that she'll truly commit

her mind or dies. I'm

definitely do so. However, I won't let her off either.” After saying that

Jackson called

halted in

a deep breath, Jackson pleaded, “Shane, can you please spare her this once since she has already

at all! If that's ever possible, she would've seen the

“I know, but...”

her?” Shane interrupted all of a

a moment, Jackson

you really

Jackson frowned. “Of course.”

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

mouth opened as though he wanted to protest, but he simply couldn't utter

that he wasn't indulging her by doing all that,