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.

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

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

sure if he would be able

Shane managed to regain a decent amount of control over his

and Joyce were chatting

to the other two women since she

a black Maybach pulled

flashed

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 time, so maybe

rounds. As long as

her two friends and joked, “Pfft! Please, you guys

answered simultaneously with

goodbye to them.

see you!” Her

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

word. Rather, he stared intensely at her face

most stunning woman he had ever laid eyes

the little girl's sweet face from the video he saw

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

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