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.

to who that might be. It could not be the Gunns as they were already on their last legs and were, as such, unlikely to have any resources

helping Jacqueline has to be someone else. The question was who? Was it

that Sean and Jacqueline got in touch once when his

that there must be more to their meeting than Sean simply asking after Natalie. There had to be another angle to

had a good hunch about it. The answer to that

in possession of the

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

line of logic, everything

the arrangements.

about it, the more

him when her cell phone rang, so that conversation took a backseat. When she pulled out her

when

other end. “Harrison has just got

eyes.

lowered her phone and looked toward Shane. “Is Warren still in Mr. Campbell's custody,

Shane nodded. “Yes.”