CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

Chapter 35

The next time we meet, I must get a sample of Mr. Shane’s hair.

Getting into his car, Shane drove off. While on the way, Silas Campbell gave him a call.

Stopping his car by the side of the road, Shane took out his cell phone. His voice, unnoticed by him, was a mix of anticipation and eagerness as he blurted out, “How’s the investigation?”

“I’ve found the information. Just as you have suspected, the one who was supposed to be in the marriage arrangement with you is none other than Ms. Natalie Smith and not Ms. Jasmine Smith. The latter is responsible for impersonating Ms. Natalie’s identity.”

“Impersonating?” Shane uttered as he frowned, “What’s the reason behind this?”

“It’s...” Silas found himself at a loss of words.

Pursing his lips impatiently, Shane commanded, “Just say it!”

“Alright!” responded Silas quickly. No longer hesitating, he poured out all the information he had found, “Seven years ago, after your marriage arrangement with Ms. Natalie had been made, she eloped with another man.”

“Eloped?” Shane could not help but gripped the phone tighter.

“Yes, Ms. Natalie used to have a lover. After she learned that her engagement had been decided without her consent, she ran away with the help of Mdm. Yulia, her mother. When her father Mr. Smith found out, he was enraged and divorced Mdm. Yulia. He married his current wife, Mdm. Susan Sullivan, who brought Ms. Jasmine back to the Smith family.”

Susan is Jasmine’s

was worried that the Thompson family would hold the Smith family accountable for the slight, hence Ms. Jasmine was asked to replace Ms. Natalie. He also concocted the lie that Ms. Natalie had changed her name to Jasmine, and Ms. Jasmine had no choice but to tell the outside world that Mdm. Susan is her stepmother,” Silas narrated, full of disdain for Natalie in

of her. Such scandalous is she that the woman even dares to elope with another man. Doesn’t she ever think about the consequences her actions would bring to the Smith

drooped as his mind became a total mess. After a short while, he opened his lips and uttered only three words, “I

He was surprisingly calm.

and quickly asked, “Mr. Shane, are we going

mistake from the very beginning, let’s just play along as if nothing has

and the same

else either. In the end, it did not matter who he married anyway. Marriage was just a contract to

he requested this investigation was to find out what had happened in the past. As for Natalie, since

his cell phone onto

at

Project Rebirth, she prepared herself to scour the database for any information on Thompson Group’s design style, so she could sketch

she could not access the database at

a colleague sitting next to her and asked, “Ashley, is there something wrong with

you entered the