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.

at those words. His expression turned gloomy as he recalled how the red car had knocked over

balcony for some air. He

he wasn't sure if he would be able to

minutes in the cold air, Shane managed to regain a decent amount of control over his emotions. He then exited the

Lina, and Joyce were chatting in front of

to the other two women since she

a black Maybach

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

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

rounds. As long as we both make it into the finals, then we'll definitely see each other.” Lina patted Natalie's shoulder

“Pfft! Please, you guys are so talented. Making the finals should be easy for

Lina answered simultaneously

goodbye to them. “Alright, I gotta get going

see you!” Her two friends

door and entered the front passenger seat. She hastily apologized, “Sorry, Shane.

utter a word. Rather, he stared intensely at her

the most stunning woman

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

Even if she and her mom aren't the ones who crashed into my parents, there's no escaping the fact that they are still involved with the

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