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.

 

inside the lift, Shane again fixed his piercing gaze on Natalie. He immediately perceived what she was thinking,

she deny someone who was going

 

Flustered, she did her best to overlook his presence in the

hands tightly, deliberately keeping a distance from Shane. Natalie also kept her eyes desperately trained on the lift panel, as if hoping that everything

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

do that. He had yet to uncover the identities of those trying to

would only subject Natalie

clenched his hands that were hidden deep within his

broken only by the occasional sounds of

Connor

wrong?” Natalie asked as she

their heads. “Nothing,

go home,” Natalie repeated. She patted their heads, and they walked

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

briefly over where he could have

quickly snapped back to her

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