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.

struck her like a bolt from the blue, and Joyce was panting heavily as she rested her head in

slowly sat up straight 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

felt her heart ache when she heard the bitterness in Joyce's tone. “Don't say that,

the past ten years?”

herself to get the words out

attitude and misplaced blame over the years once I prove our innocence. Heh... Reality is often disappointing, isn't it?

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

Joyce mumbled while looking at the photograph in

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

think about this...” Joyce said while staring at her with a lifeless look in her

to herself, so she simply nodded and said, “All

regain her composure, Joyce made her way to the door with her head

concern

train of thoughts when she heard Shane coming down

“Ah, there you are.”

were talking about,” Shane said with his hands in