Natalie felt her heart leap into her throat, thinking she was about to tumble. Then, a sudden force gripped her waist, and a familiar touch enveloped her.

The moment she steadied herself, she pushed him away without even needing to think...

Obviously, it was Cedric!

He was the man she least wanted to encounter.

"Waaah! Waaah!" Luna cried out from a short distance away.

Upon hearing her child's cries, Natalie's initial cold demeanor melted away, and she seemed disoriented.

"Luna, it's okay!" Rushing to her daughter, Natalie enveloped her in a comforting embrace.

"Mommy, I'm scared!"

"Don't be afraid. Mommy's here."

"There's a bad guy... A bad guy!"

stemmed from seeing Cedric. Observing the mother and daughter embrace from a distance, especially hearing the child's description of him,

how he was remembered in Luna's

the memory he

man. Don't be afraid.

no

her daughter from anyone who wanted to

them from a distance, feeling as if his heart

Agnes and the servants rushed over. Their hearts pounded

had also

seeing Cedric, Heather's voice

you doing

and said, "Go check on

her feelings of resentment toward Cedric upon hearing Stephen's words, Heather rushed

okay, Nat?" Heather crouched down, taking Luna from Natalie's

her head weakly, "I'm

"I'm fine!" Natalie claimed.

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