CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

“What happened afterward?” Natalie had her eyes closed and played the part of an attentive audience.

“She often told me how well my parents treated her and how much she missed them. I slowly came to accept her as I thought she was really fond of them, and even felt grateful to her for being there to keep them company in my absence.”

“Which was why you saved her when she met with an accident and never gave up on her in the ten years that she was in a vegetative state? Was that why you continued to be nice to her even after she came to?” Natalie said.

Shane nodded. “That's right. It was entirely on my parents' accord that I treated her well. Never could I have expected for her to be one of those responsible for causing their death. My generosity toward her turned out to be a joke. I even feel that I've somehow let my parents down.”

Natalie felt her man's self-reproach and guilt. That did not make her feel good either.

She placed a hand on his chest. “It's not your fault as you couldn't have known any better, so I believe that Dad and Mom won't blame you for it. At worst, we can go visit them to apologize after we've caught Jacqueline. I'm sure they'll surely forgive you.”

Shane ran his fingers through her soft curls. “Here's hoping.”

They had not managed to locate Jacqueline and still had no idea where she could be after all this time.

If left to her own devices, she could not possibly have managed to continue to elude them. Hence, he was convinced that someone must be assisting her from the sidelines.

Gunns as they were already on their last

to be someone else.

in touch once

therefore, suspected that there must be more to their meeting than Sean simply asking after Natalie. There had to be

for what that was, he had a good hunch about it. The answer to that rested with that video inside of his

by Jacqueline, so she must be in possession of the

distinct possibility that those two might still be working together; Jacqueline

everything else seemed

probable that it was Sean who made the arrangements. If Sean was involved, then

it,

was about to check in with him when her cell phone rang, so that conversation took a

said Natalie when

come through from the other end. “Harrison has just got in

narrowed her eyes. “Stay on

looked toward Shane. “Is

Shane nodded. “Yes.”