CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

“Yes,” Natalie replied with a smile.

“What kind of a guy is he? Must be a handsome lad, since you're such a beauty yourself,” Sally cheekily asked with a tinge of envy in her voice.

Natalie was so beautiful that not only men were mesmerized by her. Even Sally was blown away by her beauty at times.

Natalie beamed proudly and teased, “Curious? You'll get to see him for yourself tonight! Let's get some lunch now.”

Her teasing reply further aroused Sally's curiosity, and she couldn't wait to meet Natalie's mysterious brother that night.

The two ladies went to a quiet restaurant and ordered steak for lunch.

While they were eating, Sally suddenly blinked her eyes in disbelief and gasped, “Nat, isn't that Hannah? Why is she working as a serving staff here?”

Natalie turned toward her back and saw Hannah, dressed in the restaurant's uniform, clearing one of the tables. She was pulling a long face, obviously not enjoying her job.

a quick glance, Natalie turned back and said, “Not all the models who participate in such international competitions are sponsored by their companies. Most of them are brought in by the designers themselves. Hannah was personally engaged by Jessie as her company wasn't established enough to get such gigs for her. To put it

lucky ones. I was recommended to you by Mr. Shane, and

behind the company's back. Hannah's sole source of income for the past few months was from Jessie, as her company would likely not have a basic salary for her. Now that Jessie is in trouble, she's not able to pay Hannah anymore. So Hannah is stuck here without any financial

information she got from Shane when she inquired about Hannah after Jasmine was

it was Susan and Calanda, not Hannah, who knocked her out and locked Natalie in the toilet. Other than taunting them

get to go home.” Natalie took a sip of her milk and refused to talk about

unwillingness to prolong that subject of discussion,

was seething with anger at the

as a model, but that was ruined when she

prospective jobs were lost too. When she approached some of the other potential companies for gigs, she was turned down for various reasons. The reasons they gave ranged from her not being well-known to insulting ones about her not having the qualities of a good model. Some even associated her with Jessie and deemed her as someone who would resort to underhanded means as

reputation and destroyed her dream of being a supermodel. She also had to work as a serving

for her misfortune and vowed to make them pay for ruining her

left with her tray

and now bore grudges against them. After settling the bill, she parted ways with Sally