Susan opened her mouth in shock. She was at a complete loss for words.

Indeed, that was what she had thought all along.

Susan believed that Shane had dropped by the hospital so often because he wanted to know if Jasmine had woken up from her ‘coma’ yet.

Natalie shrugged helplessly. “Well, I’m sorry to inform the both of you that you were wrong. Mr. Shane wasn’t there to see you. He was visiting Ms. Graham!”

Yulia laughed at Susan and Jasmine, obviously reveling in their misery. “Oh, dear. What a disappointment for the both of you!”

Jasmine’s hand trembled as it lay on the armrest of her wheelchair. She felt as though someone had emptied a bucket of ice-cold water on her.

This was the first time she realized that Natalie wasn’t the only other woman by Shane’s side. He had a mysterious woman called Jacqueline too.

“Jas…” Susan placed a hand on her daughter’s shoulder worriedly.

Natalie put her hands on her knees and bent down slightly to meet Jasmine’s eyes. “Now, the both of you know why Mr. Shane would’ve canceled the engagement even without me around. Jasmine, you’re just a stand-in for Jacqueline, who helped discourage other girls who want to try their luck with him. Simply put, you’re just a pawn to Mr. Shane.”

violently at it, her face contorted in rage. Jacqueline Graham, Jacqueline Graham…she repeated endlessly in her

 

up again. “Thus, there’s no use

Jasmine looked up at her with bloodshot eyes, malice written all over her face. “Even if there wasn’t a Jacqueline, you still had a part to play in this! Shane might have wanted to call off

 

Jasmine was quite clear on the fact that he was in love with Natalie as well.

find a way to make

rancor in

to talk sense into people like this. Let’s ignore them—we’re only wasting our

the door shut in Susan and

bang loudly on the door, screaming for

to bear. She took out her phone and made a call to the guardhouse, which promptly sent two security

outside the door before

When she saw that Susan and Jasmine had gone, she let out a sigh of relief and returned to the living room.

on the sofa. “They don’t have issues. They’re just two people who bully the weak but fear

but knew that it would be completely useless. Hence, they chose to take their anger out on you instead. Come to think of it, I’m pretty glad that

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