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.

expression turned gloomy as he recalled how the red car had knocked over his

to the balcony for some air. He desperately hoped that the

if he would be able to drive

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

and Joyce were chatting

over to say her goodbyes to the other two women

black Maybach

flashed a playful smile, nudging

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

final rounds. As long as we both make it

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

and Lina answered simultaneously with sparkly-eyed

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

see you!” Her

entered the front passenger seat. She hastily apologized, “Sorry, Shane. Have you been

utter a word. Rather, he stared intensely at her

a doubt, she was the most stunning woman he had ever laid eyes

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

and her mom aren't the ones who crashed into my parents, there's no escaping the fact that they

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