Chapter 745

Shane frowned at the question. “I’ve called you here to discuss Jacqueline’s recovery banquet.”

“Isn’t Mr. Gunn in charge of that?” asked Jackson curiously.

Shane nodded. “He suffered from a stroke a few days ago. He’s now in the hospital, so he can’t do that
anymore.”

“Wait, what? Grandpa’s in the hospital?” Jacqueline stood up in shock.

Shane knitted his brows. “You didn’t know?”

Jacqueline’s eyes flickered as she forced a smile. “Grandpa never told me. Maybe he doesn’t want me
to worry, because I’m not exactly in good shape either.”

That makes sense.

Shane did not doubt her as he looked away. “Since Mr. Gunn can’t do it now, I’ll pass it on to Jackson.
You’re her boyfriend, after all. I’ll assist you.”

“All right.” Jackson nodded.

Jacqueline lowered her head. She was not happy with how things turned out.

She did not want Jackson to be in charge of her recovery banquet, but Shane had pointed out that
Jackson was her boyfriend.

If I refuse, what would they think?

Jackson had his eyes on Jacqueline all this time. It was impossible not to catch the discontent in her
eyes. He clenched his fists but did not say anything about the matter.



Then, his phone rang. He excused himself, saying it was an emergency.

He had wanted to take Jacqueline home before he left, but the woman claimed she wanted to go
shopping later, and thus rejected his offer.

Jackson was not sure if that was true, or whether she simply did not want to leave Shane. He looked
disgruntled when he left the premise.

But Jacqueline did not love him, and hence paid no heed to his matters.

“Shane, do you want to go shopping with me later?” Jacqueline turned to him expectantly.

Shane furrowed his brows. “I have two more video conferences to attend later. I shall arrange the driver
to go with you.”

Jacqueline did not like the answer. Her expression turned gloomy as she said, “Forget it, I’ll go on my
own.”

Then, she rose to her feet.

Suddenly, Shane seemed to have realized something. He called out to her, “Wait.”

Jacqueline was happy to hear that, and she quickly turned around. Did he change his mind to
accompany me there?

But Shane’s face remained blank. “All this time, have you been in contact with Sean?”

He had wanted to ask that for a while now, but had set it aside as he was too bothered by his
circumstance with Natalie.

Jacqueline’s eyes narrowed when she heard that. She began to panic, but managed not to let it show.
Trying her best to stay calm, she replied, “Yes, how do you know?”



Shane did not tell her how he found out about it. He pursed his lips and asked another, “Why did you
contact him?”

He grew up with her. Sean did not.

She was afraid of Sean from the get-go. With that in mind, Shane did not understand why Jacqueline
would contact that man on her own accord.

Jacqueline waved her hands as she replied innocently, “I didn’t do anything. He sought me out.”

That much was true.

Sean had called her on the phone a few days ago, and was surprised to see his caller ID.

“What did he say to you?” Shane stared straight at her.

Jacqueline toyed with her wig. “Nothing, really. He had some questions about Ms. Smith.”

“He asked about Natalie?” Shane’s face darkened when he heard that.

Jacqueline grunted. “Ms. Smith seemed to be ignoring him, so he turned to me instead. She wanted to
know how Ms. Smith was doing–since the two of them fell off the cliff together–so I talked to him.
Speaking of which…”

She looked at him.

Shane’s brows were tightly knitted as he questioned her, “What?”

“Shane, don’t you think that Sean pays too much attention to Ms. Smith? He sounded really worried
back then. He couldn’t have fallen in love with her, could he?” Jacqueline looked at him, a strange light
glinting her eyes.



Shane did not see that, but he looked rather grim. He could not deny that she had a point.

In the beginning, when Sean had kidnapped Natalie and planned to die along with her, his murderous
intent had been very real.

But after that, Sean decided to let her go. He even notified Shane to look for Natalie. This meant that
Sean cared about her and did not want her to die.


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