Natalie’s heart sank when she saw no changes in Shane’s expression. She chuckled bitterly on the inside.

Turns out, my confession didn’t elicit a trace of emotion from him at all. I guess it’s for the best. I can finally give up on him knowing that he feels nothing for me.

She retracted her bandaged foot and curled up on the seat. “Mr. Shane, I’m not sure when exactly I started having feelings for you either. But when I discovered it, it has already been too late. Did you know? I’ve wanted to suppress my feelings for you on several occasions.”

Shane’s thin lips twitched. He truly didn’t know.

“But it didn’t work. Each time I made up my mind to do so, you’d appear in front of me. Then I wouldn’t be able to forget you. It wasn’t until a few days ago when someone told me—”

“Who was it?” he interrupted, his eyes narrowed.

After he left the hotel that day, he sent Silas to investigate the person who met with her. However, it yielded no result. Since she brought it up on her own accord, he certainly wasn’t going to let it go.

Natalie shook her head with no intention of telling him about Jacqueline Graham. If she did, it would only cause Jacqueline to assume she was trying to get between them. There was simply no point.

Therefore, she lowered her eyes to conceal the darkness in them and said, “It’s not anyone you’re acquainted with. She told me not to get close to you, and I think she’s right. Hence, I hope you could quit doing such intimate actions from now on so as not to play with my feelings.”

for me, then stop showing up to protect

 

grasped the unused bandage in his palm tightly.

“You simply do it without

 

quiet at

was moved by your actions and thought it was a waste to never let you know. There’s no other meaning to

him know about her feelings. But the other time on the cruise, he must have overheard her conversation with Stanley and found out her thoughts. Hence, it’d be meaningless to try to

she planned to distant herself from him. He felt a little panic at the sudden loss of

his plan to woo her only after capturing the unknown person

thought of distancing herself from

hurriedly retrieving her footwear and pushing the car door open

and said, “It’s not a good idea for you to

aloofness she used against him several days ago. She shook his hand off subtly. “You don’t have to interfere, Mr. Shane. I can

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