CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

“Never mind if you don't want to go to the kitchen, but I'm not eating then.” Natalie stood up as well and made to

leave.

It was true that she didn't want to dine at the same table as Jacqueline, but at the same time, she also wanted to

see her importance to Sean.

She wanted to know who mattered more to him, between her and Jacqueline.

If I'm more important to him, perhaps she'll have to think twice before doing anything to me. But if it's the other

way round, then I'll resign myself to putting up with her moving forward. After all, this is their territory.

Of course, she hoped that it was the latter. If so, perhaps Sean wouldn't stop her if she wanted to teach Jacqueline

a lesson.

“Don't go,” Sean called out to Natalie, a frown marring his countenance.

A flash of something flickered in Natalie's eyes, and she halted in her tracks. “I can stay, but you have to send her

away right this instant. I don't want to see her.”

“Okay.” Sean nodded in acquiescence.

Jacqueline's expression turned grim. “Sean-”

“That's enough. Hurry up and go to the kitchen. Don't forget your place.” Sean's gaze was glacial, and he eyed her

as though he was a venomous snake that would strike anytime.

Jacqueline's face contorted endlessly. Wrath and resentment stained her features, one after another.

My place? Hah! Isn't it just because I don't matter as much to him as she does?

She glared at Natalie as though she wanted to kill her right then and there. “Fine, I'll leave. I'll see how long you can

protect her! It'll be far too late for regrets when she tramples all over you one day!”

Right after saying that, she whirled around and stomped toward the kitchen.

Sean flashed Natalie a smile. “Now that she's gone, will you sit and continue eating?”

Natalie's lips twitched, but she nodded in the end and sat back down.

Again, this is his territory. I can target Jacqueline without any qualms, but I've got to be exceedingly careful with

him. In particular, I can't anger him, for I can't even begin to guess what he would do then.

She picked up her fork and started eating again.

Sean had a hand propped against his head, gazing at her with an affectionate yet strange look in his eyes. “How

about we make a deal?”

“A deal? What kind of deal?” Natalie's brows knitted together.

“I know both Shane and you have been going all out to locate me and Jacqueline. Other than hurting you and your

two children, Jacqueline was one of the culprits who killed Uncle Seth and Lindsay, after all. Therefore, the two of

you really want to bring her to justice,” Shane remarked.

Natalie's hands clenched into fists. “Sure enough, you know that she's the second culprit. So, why do you still want

to help her? Hadn't my in-laws been good to you?”

At her question, Sean's expression turned solemn, and he lowered his eyes to mask the indescribable emotion in his

eyes.

Seeing that he was keeping mum, Natalie grabbed his collar and demanded loudly, “Well? Hadn't my in-laws been

good to you? Why do you want to protect a murderer? She killed the person who regarded you as her biological

son!”

“I noturolly know thot, but I hove my own plon,” Seon murmured with his heod hung ond his eyes troined on her

hond.

Notolie's hond wos shoking os she gripped his collor. “Whot's your plon?”

“You don't need to know thot. Anyhow, it's not entirely impossible if you wont to bring her to justice. Thot's why I

offered to moke o deol with you.” The corners of Seon's mouth turned up ogoin.

A sense of dreod inexplicobly deluged Notolie.

Instinct told her thot his deol wos definitely not one she would find occeptoble.

But ot the thought of bringing Jocqueline to justice, she wovered.

After deliberoting for o few seconds, Notolie curled her honds into fists ond stored right into the mon's eyes. “Whot

exoctly is the deol?”

“As long os you promise to divorce Shone ond be with me, I'm willing to hond her over to him. How's thot? This deol

is octuolly o piece of coke for you, no?” Seon reoched out ond toyed with o strond of her hoir, twirling it oround his

finger.

Notolie's pupils obruptly constricted. She instinctively releosed her grip on his collor ond bocked owoy.

Following her retreot, the strond of hoir in Seon's hond slipped owoy from his finger.

He sighed regretfully ond rubbed his fingers before putting his hond down. “Why, ore you not willing to do so?

Hoven't you been hoping thot she'll poy the price? Not only did she ottempt to murder you time ond ogoin ond hurt

your children, but she even killed my ount ond uncle. Do you still wont such o person to room oround freely?”

“I naturally know that, but I have my own plan,” Sean murmured with his head hung and his eyes trained on her

hand.

Natalie's hand was shaking as she gripped his collar. “What's your plan?”

“You don't need to know that. Anyhow, it's not entirely impossible if you want to bring her to justice. That's why I

offered to make a deal with you.” The corners of Sean's mouth turned up again.

A sense of dread inexplicably deluged Natalie.

Instinct told her that his deal was definitely not one she would find acceptable.

But at the thought of bringing Jacqueline to justice, she wavered.

After deliberating for a few seconds, Natalie curled her hands into fists and stared right into the man's eyes. “What

exactly is the deal?”

“As long as you promise to divorce Shane and be with me, I'm willing to hand her over to him. How's that? This deal

is actually a piece of cake for you, no?” Sean reached out and toyed with a strand of her hair, twirling it around his

finger.

Natalie's pupils abruptly constricted. She instinctively released her grip on his collar and backed away.

Following her retreat, the strand of hair in Sean's hand slipped away from his finger.

He sighed regretfully and rubbed his fingers before putting his hand down. “Why, are you not willing to do so?

Haven't you been hoping that she'll pay the price? Not only did she attempt to murder you time and again and hurt

your children, but she even killed my aunt and uncle. Do you still want such a person to roam around freely?”