CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

Chapter 1485

When Natalie heard that Stanley had already realized the disappearance of Joyce and her family, apart from letting out a sigh, she was not taken aback by the news at all.

That was because she had already known that Stanley would find out.

It would be weird if he didn't.

Moreover, she also guessed that Stanley would suspect that she had helped to move Joyce away.

He may even call later to interrogate her about Joyce and her family's whereabouts.

Unfortunately, her decision to help Joyce resulted in the end of her friendship with Stanley.

After sighing, Natalie forced a smile to her lips. “I hope that Stanley won't cause any trouble for us.”

She was afraid that Stanley would not be able to cope with Joyce's departure and go crazy, pulling some irrational actions.

It was not like he had not done it before.

When Natalie recalled how Stanley caused Connor's accident and set fire to her factory, she could feel a headache coming.

“Don't worry. You have me. He won't get a chance to fool around,” Shane said in a low voice as his eyes narrowed dangerously.

This time, a genuine smile could be seen on Natalie's face. “You're right. I don't have to worry because my husband is amazing. But even if Stanley really does do something crazy, I hope you will show him mercy. Don't threaten his life.”

Shane knew very well why she wanted to protect Stanley. His furrowed eyebrows soon relaxed as he replied, “All right. No matter what, I won't take his life.”

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With that thought in mind, he could not actually kill Stanley.

However, Shane was more than capable of making Stanley regret his actions for the rest of his life.

“All right, then.” With Shane's promise, Natalie let out a sigh of relief.

After that, they chatted for a short while before ending the call.

Natalie kept her cell phone away and returned to the competition venue.

When Lina noticed her return, she lowered her voice and asked, “How did it go?”

“Joyce has already left.” Natalie nodded.

Lina nodded as well. “That's good. I hope that she will be able to live her life in peace over there and stop thinking about Stanley. Otherwise, she might end up with depression one day.”

“You're right. I'm worried about this, too. However, there's nothing we can do about it anymore. She has to live her life on her own now,” Natalie replied as she shook her head.

“That's true. All right, enough with this. I'm going to end up with depression myself if we keep discussing it. Let's just watch the competition.”

“Okay.” Natalie smiled and sat down in her seat.

In the meantime, Caitlin and Jonathan sighed as they looked at their daughter, who had cried herself to sleep on the plane.

“Do you think we made the right decision?” Caitlin asked her husband worriedly.

The latter rubbed his forehead. “I don't know. All we can do now is treat it as the correct decision.”

Both of them were mired in confusion.

Caitlin suddenly teared up and buried her face in her hands. “If only we had known that this would happen that day. We shouldn't have risked our lives to help them. If we hadn't, their deaths would not be on us, and their son would not hold a grudge against us. If we hadn't, he wouldn't have done this to Joyce.”

She started to cry bitterly.

Jonathan brought her into his arms and nodded furiously. “You're right. If we had known, I wouldn't have helped them back then.”

He had been friends with Stanley's parents. Jonathan had heard from them that there was an assassin after them. As their friend, Jonathan thought that he should give them a helping hand instead of ignoring them. With that, he risked the possibility of being implicated and probably getting killed himself just to help them. Without even stopping to consider the consequences, Jonathan had acted fast and arranged a secret place for them to hide from the assassin.

However, in the end, the Rivers' act of kindness had been repaid with Stanley's act of hatred.

Joyce had to suffer from Stanley's unfaithfulness because of Jonathan's actions.

Jonathan admitted that because of his and his wife's negligence and exposing the location of the Quinn family, Stanley's parents had died horrible deaths. Nevertheless, that did not mean that Jonathan lived a good life after that. He, too, was filled with guilt and remorse. When he saw Joyce falling deeper in love with Stanley, he did not even make a move to stop her, even when there was a chance that Joyce would end up hurt.