CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

So what if I can't? Mom's dead, and there's no bringing her back. So instead of being sad, I might as well turn my focus onto getting my revenge.

“As will I. I'm so glad to have you.” Shane held her quietly and whispered while his chin rested on her shoulder.

It was her constant presence by his side and the comfort and counsel she provided that sustained him.

He imagined that he might not have been able to keep his composure when he found out that Sam and Jacqueline were behind his parents' death and would likely have sought them out and killed them outright.

It was because of her and their two children that he was able to keep his violent tendencies and thirst for vengeance in check.

Otherwise, how were they to cope if he were to end up in prison?

With that in view, Shane nibbled at Natalie's neck. “I've never thanked you, honey, for coming into my life. I can't imagine what sort of a man I would have been without you.”

Perhaps a cold-blooded and vengeful man or an emotionless money-making machine.

Natalie patted him on the back. “All right, all right. What are you getting all mushy on me for? I can't get used to this.”

Shane chuckled under his breath and continued to peck at her nape.

to put up a little resistance. “Okay,

down the length of her

for what?” Natalie was stumped for

to regard her. “Three months. The doctor

a little peeved. “Don't

snorted his

positively bemused.

and regarded her with a longing in his

her own biological impulses too, so she was

exhaled. “Just be

consented, Shane's thin lips curled into a grin. “Don't worry. I'll be very

swept her up into his arms and took

delicately as he promised, and Natalie

that apart from counting down the days, he had

out, Natalie fell fast

her back to the room and tucked her in before he retrieved a box of cigarettes and a lighter. He then headed

he stayed for some time and made two or three phone calls in between. After which, he went to shower off the scent of tobacco from himself and slipped into bed holding