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.

 

He immediately perceived what she was thinking, and his face fell.

was

 

her best to overlook his

distance from Shane. Natalie also kept her eyes desperately trained on the lift panel, as

Perturbed, Shane longed to confess his feelings for her and put a stop to all

yet to

to Natalie, he would only subject Natalie and

He clenched his hands that were hidden deep

was deafening, broken only by the occasional sounds of light breathing. Beneath the

Connor and Sharon both heaved a sigh of relief, glad to have escaped

wrong?” Natalie asked

shook their heads.

let’s go home,” Natalie repeated. She patted their heads, and they walked to the

car, Natalie walked over to the driver’s seat. Instead of

over where he could have vanished

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

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