CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

Refusing to believe Natalie's statement, Joyce wrapped her arms around her head and shook it profusely in denial. “No! No! That's not possible! They would never do such a thing!”

Natalie pulled her arms down and looked her in the eyes as she said, “I know you don't believe me, but your parents weren't aware of what they did either!”

“What?” Joyce opened her eyes and stared back at Natalie. “You mean my parents didn't know? In that case, how could you accuse them of revealing Stanley's parents' location?”

“Just because your parents weren't aware of it doesn't mean they didn't reveal it by accident. Your parents were the ones sending them food and supplies, so it makes sense for the killer to find them through your parents.”

“So... You mean they unintentionally exposed the location of Stanley's parents?” Joyce asked while choking back her tears.

“That's right. Your parents are ordinary citizens, so they weren't aware that they were being followed when delivering the food and supplies. That's how the killer was able to find Stanley's parents.”

Natalie's reply completely crushed whatever determination Joyce had in her.

The next thing she knew, her vision had faded to black, and she was falling toward the floor.

“Joyce!” Natalie quickly got up to catch her.

“Joyce, are you okay?” she asked while helping her toward the couch.

a bolt from the blue, and Joyce

and exclaimed with a wry smile, “Looks like my family really did cause the death of his parents, after all! Heh... It's funny how I kept looking for the killer in hopes of proving our innocence, only to find out that we were guilty all along! If we're the ones who exposed the location

heart ache when she heard the bitterness in Joyce's tone. “Don't

me, Nat... What was the point of my efforts throughout the past ten years?” Joyce looked

couldn't bring herself

innocent. I even wondered if Stanley would apologize to me for his cold attitude and misplaced blame over the years once I prove our innocence. Heh... Reality is often disappointing, isn't it? Stanley turned out to be right about

figure out the best way to deal with it. You need to learn to face the truth no matter how much it hurts. More

don't know...” Joyce mumbled

me and my family because he thinks we got his parents killed, but he doesn't have any evidence to prove it. If I tell him the truth, however, he will know for a fact that he was

about this...” Joyce said while staring at her with a

needed some time to herself, so she simply nodded

her composure, Joyce made her way

with concern

out of her train of thoughts when she heard Shane coming down

“Ah, there you are.”

you and Joyce were talking about,” Shane said with his