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.

 

perceived what she was thinking,

who was going in the same direction

 

did her best to overlook his presence in

Natalie also kept her eyes desperately trained on the lift panel, as if hoping that everything else around her would

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

do that. He had yet to uncover the identities of

would only subject Natalie and her children to greater

He clenched his hands that were hidden

occasional sounds of light breathing. Beneath the incredible weight of the tension, Connor

hauled her two children out with her. Connor and Sharon both heaved a sigh of relief, glad to have escaped that

asked as

Sharon shook their heads. “Nothing,

She patted their

Connor and Sharon had gotten onto the car, Natalie walked over to the driver’s seat. Instead of diving in, she glanced

he could have vanished to, given that he had

quickly snapped back to her present, got into the car

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