Natalie, please don't let me down...

After witnessing what had happened in the video, the man could no longer focus on work.

He remained in his chair, lost in thought while the office cleaners worked hard to pick up haphazardly thrown documents off the ground.

Only when Natalie called later in the afternoon did he finally pull himself together.

“Darling, are you busy today?” Natalie asked through the phone.

Shane lowered his gaze grimly before replying, “No. Why?”

“Uhm...” The woman faltered at how impassive he suddenly sounded. Nevertheless, she brushed it off, thinking that she had imagined it.

His response was fairly short, so perhaps I heard wrongly.

She set that aside and resumed cheerily on the phone, “You're usually here to pick me up after work at this time of day. I just noticed that you're not here, so I thought I'd call to ask if you're busy.”

“Mm. I'll head over now,” Shane replied curtly.

“Alright, drive safe!” replied Natalie while nodding.

turned gloomy as he recalled how the red car had knocked over his parents like they were bowling

the balcony for some air. He desperately hoped that the chilly breeze

if he would be

few minutes in the cold air, Shane managed to regain a decent amount of control over his emotions. He then exited the office and drove towards Natalie's company with a

Joyce were chatting in

to say her goodbyes to the other two women since she would be traveling

until a black Maybach pulled over next to

Nat! Your husband's here!” Lina flashed a playful smile, nudging Natalie

rolled her eyes in amusement. “Alright now, don't forget to give your all for the competition abroad. I'll

our jewelry design competition will be collaborating with the fashion industry's international competition for the final rounds. As long as we both make it into the finals, then we'll definitely see

two friends and joked, “Pfft! Please, you guys are so talented. Making the finals

Lina answered

Natalie waved goodbye to them. “Alright, I gotta get going

you!” Her

the black Maybach, then opened the door and entered the front passenger seat. She hastily apologized, “Sorry,

man didn't utter a word. Rather, he stared intensely at her face as if he were

stunning woman he had ever laid

bore a striking resemblance to the little girl's sweet face from the video

severity of the video's new information. Even if she and her mom aren't the ones

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