CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

After Natalie chatted with the children for a while, she asked them to hand the phone to Shane.

The children knew their parents had things to say to each other. Thus, they unwillingly handed the phone to Shane.

Shane took the phone, patted the children's heads, and aimed the camera at himself. “Was it tiring today?”

Natalie shook her head with a smile. “Not at all. We're the judges, not the participants, so we didn't need to concentrate that hard or stress about the competition. We just sat there and waited for the participants to hand in their work.”

“That's good. Don't tire yourself too much,” he replied gently.

“Mhm. Don't worry, Darling. I got this. What about you? I can see there's a bit of black under your eyes. Did you get so busy for the past two days that you didn't sleep well?”

“I wasn't busy. I only look haggard because you aren't by my side.” He stared at her intently.

Natalie didn't know how she should respond to that. “Do you miss me that badly?”

“Mhm.” Shane nodded. “If I could, I would keep you by my side all the time, but I know that's not right. You're someone who wants to develop your career and needs freedom. If I put a shackle on you, it'll destroy you. Besides, I like how confident you look when you work.”

upon hearing her husband's praises. “Thank you, Darling, for

many rich men were chauvinists. Not only that,

to have absolute power and control over their wives, including their

be capable of spending money and staying home. They wanted women who could only survive by depending on them instead of strong and independent

would feel ashamed if their wives had their

husband wasn't that

a wry smile. “Oh yeah, do you

answered plainly,

know you're not, but I want

“Go ahead, then.”

order to qualify for the next round of the competition, she

should disqualify her immediately.” Shane didn't hide

of the competition does not eliminate participants but groups them into teams instead. We can't disqualify any participants yet, so she's staying for now. Still, there'll be plenty of chances for me to disqualify her later on. After all, I can't allow her to stay in the competition while she keeps plagiarizing other people's

wasn't an idiot. She only plagiarized excellent works because she didn't really

got a better ranking through the use of plagiarized work, she would be