Shane placed his hands into his pocket coolly, then announced, “Because the corneas that Jacqueline is interested in belong to someone who is already dying.”

“Someone who’s already dying?” Natalie stared at him, incomprehension written all over her face.

Shane nodded in affirmation. “Jacqueline said herself that the person she’s thinking of only has about two or three months to live.”

This revelation allowed Natalie to breathe a little easier, gradually recovering her composure. The suspicion she had been harboring in her mind began to slowly evaporate.

Two to three months to live? It sounds like a terminal illness. I guess we’ve truly misunderstood Ms. Graham.

Awkwardly, Natalie bobbed her head in apology. “I’m sorry, Mr. Shane. We’ve completely misunderstood Ms. Graham,” she admitted.

“It’s fine. I’ll confess that even I found Jacqueline’s reaction just now to be rather dubious,” Shane replied kindly, dismissing Natalie’s apology.

Natalie looked at him. “Since it was a pure misunderstanding, let’s not discuss this matter anymore. We’ll be off now.”

She grabbed each of her two children’s hands and hurried into the lift.

Shane followed them, much to Natalie’s dismay.

 

on Natalie. He immediately perceived what she was thinking, and

someone who was going in the same direction

 

her best to overlook his

clutched each of her children’s hands tightly, deliberately keeping a distance from Shane. Natalie also kept her eyes desperately trained on the lift

to acknowledge Shane was very obvious. Perturbed, Shane longed to confess his feelings for her and put a stop to

he couldn’t do that. He had yet to uncover

Natalie, he would

He clenched his hands that were hidden deep within his

broken only by the occasional sounds of light breathing. Beneath the incredible

slid open. Natalie practically hauled her two children out with her. Connor and Sharon

asked

heads. “Nothing, Mommy! Let’s

patted their heads, and

walked over to

be seen. Natalie puzzled briefly over where he could have vanished to,

her mind linger on it. Then, Natalie quickly snapped back to her present,

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