Chapter 1053

Shane pursed his lips, the disapproval plain upon his face.

Why did Sally have to speak up after I told Natalie that she had misheard it?

He had never met such a dense employee.

Natalie was amused by Shane’s scowl. “Get the door, please.”

“Don’t you want to go back to bed?” Shane asked.

“No, the sun’s up anyway.”

Shane grunted. Throwing the quilt off himself, he picked his robe up from the floor and opened the
curtains and French windows with the push of a button on the remote control before opening the door.

As soon as the door was ajar, Sally grabbed Shane’s hand in her haste as she had mistaken him for
Natalie. Upon realizing her error, she recoiled in fright at the fierce glare before her. “Mr. Shane, it’s
you?” she blurted in her panic.

Shane was in no mood to address her foolish question. “What is it?” he snapped.

Sally straightened up. “Great news,” she announced solemnly.

“What sort of great news?” Shane frowned.

Sally took a deep breath. “An employee of the clubhouse caught the woman who had been delivering
the boxes.”

“What?” Natalie exclaimed, having just joined them at the door with a triumphant smile on her lips. “Is it
Jacqueline?”



“I’m not sure, but I don’t think so.” Sally shook her head. “If it is, Mr. Campbell would have mentioned
it.”

Natalie’s face fell at her words.

Shane narrowed his eyes. “Even if it is not Jacqueline, it is most likely her proxy. I’ll go over and see if I
can extract any information from her on Jacqueline. Join me when you’ve washed up.”

Without another word, he stepped out and disappeared around the bend, leaving Natalie and Sally at
the door.

Natalie pursed her lips thoughtfully. “Jacqueline has been waiting for me to let my guard down before
attempting to frighten me again. It’s a good thing her sidekick walked right into the trap we laid for her.”

“That’s right, though it’s a pity that we did not manage to catch Jacqueline. She’s pretty clever to send
someone in to do her dirty work for her. I’m beginning to wonder if it had been her people who did it the
past few times.”

“We’ll find out soon,” Natalie answered softly.

“We will.” Sally nodded in agreement.

“Let me get dressed first,” Natalie said as she cast a glance down at her pajamas.

“Hang on, Nat.” Sally pulled her friend by the arm.

“What is it?”

Sally scratched her head and asked cautiously, “I noticed that Mr. Shane looked at me quite fiercely
earlier. Have I accidentally done something wrong?”



“No, you didn’t,” Natalie assured her with a smile. “We were still asleep when you came knocking
earlier. He’s just a little grumpy in the morning.”

“I see.” Sally appeared relieved. “Mr. Campbell must have known that his boss doesn’t like to be woken
up like that, so he sent me instead.”

At the realization that she had been tricked to face Shane’s wrath, Sally’s chest heaved with indignation
as she spoke.

Natalie patted her friend on the shoulder with a bemused smile. “Don’t work yourself up over such a
trivial thing, okay? Wait for me. I’ll go get dressed.”

“All right.” Sally nodded with a resigned sigh as Natalie returned to her bedroom and shut the door
behind her.

It took half an hour for Natalie to wash up, and when she emerged, she found Sally waiting where she
had left her.

Following that, Sally led Natalie to the location of their captive, who was being detained in an office at
that moment.

“Good morning, madam,” greeted Silas, who was standing guard at the door.

“Good morning, Silas,” replied Natalie. “Where is Shane?”

“Mr. Shane is already inside. Go on in.” Silas jerked a thumb toward the door.

After humming in response, Natalie opened the door with Sally following in her wake.


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