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.

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

for some air. He desperately hoped that the chilly breeze

he would be

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

were chatting in front of

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

babbled on until a black Maybach pulled over next to

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

response to her teasing, the latter 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 abroad in a month's

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

and joked, “Pfft! Please, you guys are so talented. Making

Natalie and Lina answered

waved goodbye to them.

you!” Her

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

a word. Rather, he stared intensely at her face as if he were

stunning woman he had

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

the video's new information. Even if she and her mom aren't the ones who crashed into my parents, there's no escaping the fact

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