Chapter 38

Right at this moment, a colleague suddenly exclaimed, “Holy crap! Our CEO actually has illegitimate
children outside!”

“Huh, what? Illegitimate children? Where?”

All of a sudden, the entire main office descended into chaos, as everyone rushed to the colleague who
was the source of the breaking news. Natalie was the only one who sat there motionlessly, too stunned
to join in the excitement.

Shane has children born out of wedlock?

How can it be!

Even though she did not know him very well, her intuition told her that he was not that kind of
irresponsible person. It must be the work of some social media accounts deliberately spreading
sensational rumors and click-baits for the sake of popularity.

Natalie shook her head and laughed as she zeroed in on that thought.

Although she was not interested in gossips about Shane, her ears picked up her colleagues’ excited
chatters, and several words caught her attention.

Two illegitimate children and a woman being carried in his arms. Got into a car…

For some reason, these phrases sounded really familiar.



“Don’t tell me…” Natalie’s expression changed like the weather. Quickly, she minimized the current page
on her screen, clicked into her browser, and searched for news about Shane’s illegitimate children.



Her search immediately turned up a lot of matches.

Randomly clicking one of the top search results, she entered the site, only to be greeted by a familiar yet
blurry photo.

Seeing herself in the photo, Natalie reflexively threw away the mouse in her hand and covered her face.

Sure enough, someone captured the moment when Shane was carrying her into the car!

Even though the faces of the people in the photos were censored and others could not recognize her,
she was sure that Jasmine would definitely be able to identify her in the photos.

Since Shane was Jasmine’s fiancé, the latter would certainly not let this slide!

Natalie dreaded the outcomes of this matter.

While she was still caught up in her thoughts, Jasmine’s voice rang out from the door of the main office.
“What are you all babbling about?”

“Ms. Jasmine, come and take a look! Our CEO actually has illegitimate children outside,” a male
colleague blathered and immediately waved at Jasmine.

The moment she heard the phrase “illegitimate children”, Jasmine’s heart nearly jumped out. She
retorted, “What nonsense are you clamoring about? Since when Shane has children born out of
wedlock?”

“I’m not the one with the nonsense. It’s all over the news. See for yourself!” The poor guy felt wronged
and thus responded.

“Surely those are mere rumors!” As Jasmine strode towards him, her face was burning with fury, yet her
heart was beating like a drum.



As she stepped next to the male colleague, he pointed to the photo on his computer screen and said,
“Ms. Jasmine, look!”

Jasmine squinted her eyes at the direction he was pointing. The next second, her heart sank.

She knew the people in the photo. In fact, she knew them very well indeed! One of them was Natalie.
The other two were her little b**tards!

Why was Shane with Natalie and her two children last night?

Why would he be carrying Natalie in his arms?

Her mind was full of questions that breathlessness took over her. Jasmine’s eyes were bloodshot as she
furiously printed out the screenshot of the photo.

Immediately after, she went to Natalie and threw the printed photo at her face. Livid with anger, she
asked loudly, “Care to explain what is going on in this photo?”

“What’s going on?” Some in the office could not understand the scene they were witnessing.

“What else could it be? Ms. Jasmine printed out the photo to question Natalie. It must have meant that
the person in the photo is none other than Natalie.”

“No way. You mean Natalie was secretly involved with our CEO and even gave birth to two children for
him?”

“Shhh. Shut up and watch quietly.”

Everyone fell into silence. They were watching the unfolding scene with great interest.



Having predicted that Jasmine would react in such an overwhelming way, Natalie could feel a headache
coming up and sighed. “This is a misunderstanding. Let me explain.”

“Misunderstanding?” Jasmine snickered bitterly before continuing, “You lay in my fiance’s arms and you
dare to tell me this whole thing is just a misunderstanding?”

She had made up her mind to prevent Natalie and Shane from ever contacting one another.

Unexpectedly, as fate would have it, not only did they meet one another, they even shared such an
intimate moment.

This was totally unacceptable!

“This is really a misunderstanding. It all started like this…” Natalie gazed into Jasmine’s bloodshot eyes
and started relating everything that had happened last night.

As expected, Jasmine did not believe a single word from Natalie. In fact, she was getting more and more
agitated that her nails even digging into her clenched palms. “Enough! What a lame excuse about finding
a pretend-father for some children’s games. All of them are just excuses! Can’t you find other men in
such a huge restaurant? Why must it be my fiancé? Natalie, do you dare to say that you have no other
intentions?”

Despite her anger, Natalie suddenly broke into a chuckle.

And that chuckle made Jasmine even more uncomfortable. In her sharp, furious voice, Jasmine
questioned, “What are you snickering about?”

“I’m laughing at your imagination, your emotionally biased judgment, and your needless worries. Even
though your deduction may be sound, I will still stick to my stand that this is all a misunderstanding. If
you still don’t believe me, you can ask Mr. Shane whether I’m lying or doing anything intentionally.”
Natalie calmly explained.










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