CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

“Understood.” Natalie nodded before she got back to the call. “Didn't you say that Harrison contacted Susan? What did he tell her?”

“I've no idea as he won't let me listen in. But Harrison called me over afterward and asked to have the police brought to his ward at two in the afternoon tomorrow,” Jared replied.

Natalie pursed her lips. “Bring the police to his ward? What's he up to?”

Shane also had his eyes on the phone.

“I'm not sure about that, but he seemed quite serious about it. Determined too. So I guess he must be plotting something. Should I play along, Nat?” Jared asked.

Natalie turned to Shane. “What do you think, Darling?”

“Do it.” Shane assented. “Whatever he has in mind, he can't touch us with the police around.”

“True, that.” Natalie saw the rationale of it and spoke back into the phone. “Go ahead, and tell Harrison that we'll be there.”

“Okay. I'm going to hang up now.” Jared grunted.

Once the call concluded, Shane went on to open the car door. “Let's head back first. The kids must be missing us by now.”

smiled and

villa, Shane spent some time with the children before he headed over to the

of milk brought to Natalie. “Is

to mask it, his gloominess

told her all about their visit to Rhys and Marjorie

a gasp. “Good grief. So it was Jacqueline.

that children were like little angels forgot that they could

reminded her repeatedly to raise him well. Children as gifted as he was far and few in between. If not guided properly,

high intellectual capacity fell by the wayside, the consequences would be

she was relieved that Jacqueline only had her dark predisposition and not the brilliance that Connor possessed,

Mommy,” the yawning Sharon said as she tugged at Natalie's

caressed her cheeks. “All right. Let me take

children toward the steps, and by the time she had coaxed them

had yet to turn in, hence

on the door when

in.” Came Shane's