CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

Chapter 29

Shane grunted.

Natalie knelt down and began to tie the rope.

After she was done, she clapped her hands before standing up. Feeling satisfied with herself, she asked, “Mr. Shane, try moving a little. Does it feel tight?”

She was worried that her knot was too loose and that the rope would fall off easily. Hence, she tightened it slightly.

Unintentionally, as her words fell upon Shane’s ears, her innocent intention took a whole different meaning.

“Try moving a little, does it feel tight?”

Doesn’t she know that her suggestive words can be easily misunderstood?

Shane felt a hot flush creeping up to him. Tugging his tie to loosen it a little, he whispered in a low and hoarse voice, “It’s okay. Let’s go with this.”

At this moment, a middle-aged man stood upon the referee’s stand with a starter pistol and jovially announced, “Now, since the children’s group and the parents’ group are ready, I shall count to three. After the count, the race will begin. If the parents’ group loses, there will be a penalty awaiting!”

Penalty?

Natalie was stunned.

no announcement whatsoever regarding penalty since

rang in her ears, jolting her from her thought. “He mentions that only the parents’ group will face the penalty. Plus, he has just given us a hinting glance on purpose. That obviously means that he intends for us to lose. If you don’t want to be the loser, the best way is to buck up

I understand.” Nodding her head, Natalie

the receiving end of some

waist,” Shane

thinking that

caught on to her surprise and flatly explained, “In a three-legged race, the most crucial things are the tacit understanding and cooperation. Since don’t understand each other well, we can only rely on cooperation. Seeing that you are not tall enough to put your arm around my shoulders, the alternative is for you to hug my waist. We shall then walk as one. If we were to go

Natalie finally understood his intention. Initially, she had no idea where to place her hand. Now,

that moment, she caught a whiff of fresh mint passing by her nose,

where have I

It is so familiar.

had sniffed the familiar scent,

she could only focus on the race

middle-aged man raised the starter pistol

Bam!

the gunshot, Shane led the first step with

Natalie quickly responded, focusing on keeping up with him so as to not hold

though the two started well, they were still

up together, therefore possessed great rapport with one another. The moment the gunshot was heard, they

turned her head back and excitedly shouted, “Dad! Mommy! Both of you hurry