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.

the caller ID made it obvious

eyebrow when she saw that it was Jackson calling. “Dr.

answering her question directly. “There are quite a lot of residents in this area. Given the commotion I caused upon my return, it's

take his call, then?”

but answered the

Shane! You're back

the point,”

caught Jacqueline,”

icy-cold aura as he asked, “Who did you hear

However, I made sure to keep everything that happened overseas a secret. Nobody knows about Sean capturing Natalie, let alone what happened when I went to rescue her! How did Jackson

look formed in Shane's eyes at the thought of

Darling?”

started speaking on the phone. “It was Sean. He told me

narrowed

nodded. “Yeah, he gave me a call and told me about

look on Shane's face eased up significantly

have to weed out spies! I suppose it's nothing to

you calling me to have me release Jacqueline?” Shane asked with a sarcastic

his voice. “No, not at all! I just wanted to

see the error of her ways

of that, Jacqueline killed Shane's parents, nearly killed Natalie, and could even be linked to the deaths