CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

He was about to head downstairs after leaving the study when he overheard Natalie talking about the killer.

Thinking Natalie had intended to talk to Joyce in private about it, Shane decided to remain upstairs and listen in instead.

That was how he ended up hearing the entire conversation.

“Darling, don't you think fate is being rather cruel to Joyce and Stanley?” Natalie asked with a wry smile.

They were clearly doing good by sending Stanley's parents food and supplies, but they ended up exposing their whereabouts and got them killed. I bet Joyce's parents would be devastated if they find out about it... I don't think anyone would take kindly to the fact that they got their closest friends killed!

Shane walked up to Natalie and hugged her gently. “Don't worry too much about this. You already told them the truth, so all that's left for you to do is let them handle it themselves. Do not get involved in it any further.”

“I know. I won't get myself involved. I'm just worried about Joyce, that's all,” Natalie mumbled worriedly.

Shane ran his hand through her hair as he said, “In that case, you can keep a close eye on her to make sure she doesn't do anything rash.”

“Yeah, that's exactly what I'm planning to do.” Natalie then glanced around and asked, “By the way, where's Connor?”

“He went to play with Sharon in the room,” Shane replied while sitting down beside her.

Natalie nodded in response.

Their little quiet moment was disrupted when Shane's cell phone started ringing all of a sudden.

frown on his face when he saw the caller ID made it obvious that he didn't like that

was Jackson calling. “Dr.

Given the commotion I caused upon my

take his call, then?”

pursed his lips in hesitation, but answered

back home,

the

heard you caught Jacqueline,”

an icy-cold aura as he asked,

made sure to keep everything that happened overseas a secret. Nobody knows about Sean capturing Natalie,

formed in Shane's eyes at the thought of that

wrong, Darling?” Natalie

on the phone. “It was Sean.

Shane narrowed his

gave me a call and told

look on Shane's face eased up significantly

Sean, huh? And here I thought I would have to weed out spies! I suppose it's nothing to

have me release Jacqueline?” Shane asked

heard the sarcasm in his voice. “No, not at all! I just wanted to see her and ask her some questions, that's all! I would

well that Jacqueline would never see the error of her ways nor change

parents, nearly killed Natalie, and could