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.

news had struck her like a bolt from the blue, and Joyce was panting heavily

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

heard the bitterness in

the point of my efforts throughout the past ten years?” Joyce looked at Natalie in hopes of getting

moved, but she couldn't bring herself to get the words

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 his accusations toward us! Sure, it wasn't intentional, but the fact remains that we caused

sigh. “Joyce, I told you this because I want you to understand the situation and figure out the best way to deal with it. You need to learn

know... I really don't know...” Joyce mumbled while looking at the photograph in her

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 right all along. That'll make him hate us even more! I don't know what I

some time to think about this...” Joyce said while staring at her

some time to herself, so she simply nodded and said,

Joyce made her way to the door with

were filled with concern when she

of her train of thoughts when she heard Shane coming

“Ah, there you are.”

heard everything you and Joyce were talking