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.

from the blue, and Joyce

how I kept looking

she heard the bitterness in Joyce's tone. “Don't say that,

was the point of my efforts throughout the past ten years?” Joyce looked at Natalie

bring herself to get

over the years once I prove our innocence. Heh... Reality is often disappointing, isn't

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

really don't know...” Joyce mumbled while looking at the

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

some time to think about this...” Joyce said while staring at her with a lifeless look

time to herself, so

composure, Joyce made her way to

concern

her train of thoughts when

“Ah, there you are.”

Joyce were talking