Shane remained silent.

It was exactly because there weren’t any security cameras here that he couldn’t identify which of them was lying.

Otherwise, the first thing he would do was retrieve the security footage.

“So are you saying we should just forget about this matter altogether, Dr. Baker?” Natalie narrowed her eyes at Jackson, as though able to see through the depths of his soul.

Jackson looked away guiltily, unable to bring himself to meet her gaze at all. With a forced smile, he answered, “Yeah. Jacqueline merely fell down. It’s nothing serious. Let’s not make it a big deal and just let it go. What do you think, Shane?”

Shane’s eyes turned pensive, but he nodded in agreement in the end.

Since there’s really no evidence, we might as well just let it go.

Seeing as Shane concurred to his suggestion, Jackson breathed an inaudible sigh of relief before discreetly casting Jacqueline a warning look.

This small detail did not go unnoticed by Natalie.

She scoffed with disdain as she studied Jackson.

 

He obviously knows that Jacqueline orchestrated everything that happened earlier.

But because he likes her, he chose to protect her and also tried to downplay this entire incident. Wow, I’m truly amazed.

 

he had no choice but to steel himself and go through with

“Natalie…”

don’t want to see any of

“Ms. Smith, you-”

grabbed Jacqueline’s arm, using force on her for the first time. With a stern expression, he asserted, “Ms. Smith wants us to

that, he dragged Jacqueline out of the

stayed behind, Natalie uttered in an icy tone,

brows rose toward his

meant

lips together and

what?” Natalie stared at him

a husband who doesn’t trust

I bother

“I’m

like them, you don’t believe me and think that I really pushed

the space between his brows and replied wearily, “I already told you, I don’t

either. Doesn’t that automatically mean you think

lifted his hand to touch her, but she

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