Chapter 788

Upon leaving the prison, Natalie fished out her phone and saved the conversation she had with Alice.
Then, she got into her car and drove to the kindergarten to pick the two children up.

After picking them up, she dialed Shane’s number to ask what time he was getting off work.

Glancing at the documents in front of him which needed his urgent attention, Shane’s face grew as
dark as ink. “I think I’ll be back late tonight.”

He had already passed a lot of his work to Silas so that he could leave earlier.

Unfortunately, some urgent documents which had to be dealt with immediately were sent from abroad.

Thus, he probably had to work overtime.

Natalie chuckled upon hearing his grumpy voice. “It’s okay. I’ll wait for you.”

“Mm-hmm. I’ll call you when I’m done.” Shane’s expression softened along with his tone.

Natalie nodded. “Okay.”

With that, she tucked her phone away and put the car into drive.

In the CEO’s office at Thompson Group, Shane broke into a smile after staring at the photo of Natalie
and the twins displayed on his phone screen for a while. Then he locked his phone and threw himself
back into work.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Shane frowned slightly, evidently displeased by the interruption. In spite of that, he said in a clipped
tone, “Come in.”



The door opened and Jacqueline walked in. “Shane.”

“You’ll address me as Mr. Shane here,” Shane corrected icily.

Previously, when she called him by his name and placed her stuff at the office, he had turned a blind
eye to it and said nothing.

But after Natalie established that she did not like it, he decided that it was best to play by the rules.

Jacqueline’s smile froze on her face and she clenched her fists slightly.

But very soon, she schooled her features and pretended as though nothing happened. Loosening her
fists, she approached his desk with a smile. “Alright, Mr. Shane.”

“What brings you here? Didn’t you say you weren’t feeling well yesterday and wanted to have a day off
today? Why did you come here out of the blue?” Shane put down his pen and interlaced his fingers on
his lap.

Jacqueline fiddled with her wig and replied, “I feel fine now. I was bored at home so I thought I might as
well come in for work. This way, at least I can talk to my colleagues. But then I remembered today’s
your birthday. Let’s go out for dinner tonight, Shane. We’ll invite Jackie and celebrate together. What do
you think?”

She gazed at him expectantly.

However, Shane’s brows knitted into a frown. “Only Jackson? What about Natalie?”

I’m married but she’s asking me to go out and spend my birthday with friends?

What’s she thinking?



Jacqueline lowered her gaze and feigned pity. “B-But aren’t the two of you in the middle of an
argument? I thought you wouldn’t want to celebrate your birthday with her, so…”

“We’ve made up,” Shane replied curtly.

Although Natalie hadn’t yet officially forgiven him, he knew that she would after tonight.

Acting as though shocked, Jacqueline clapped a hand over her mouth. “The two of you have made up?
When?”

When Shane did not reply, Jacqueline put her hand down.

“I’m sorry, Shane. I really didn’t know about that. But is this really a good thing?”

“What do you mean?” Shane eyed her suspiciously.

Jacqueline tugged on the hem of her blouse. “Didn’t you and Ms. Smith stop speaking to each other
because her mother caused the death of your parents? If you get back together with her, aren’t you
afraid your parents won’t be able to rest in peace?”

In fact, she already suspected Shane and Natalie had reconciled when she saw the latter at the villa
that morning.

She just wasn’t sure what happened between them or why they got back together all of a sudden.
Knowing she wouldn’t be able to get anything out of Natalie, she came to see Shane at Thompson
Group to fish for information.

“No.” Shane unclasped his hands and picked up the pen again. “Yulia wasn’t the one who hit my
parents.”


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