Natalie's breathing hitched a little.
What would he do?
Did it mean if she took her word back, Tobias would kill her?
"You're not thinking about killing me and getting rid of my body, are you?" Her voice wavered.
His lips curled into a sly grin. "No. I'll torture you in bed over and over again."
Natalie's eyes widened and her lips parted in disbelief.
There was no turning back now.
The two of them finally arrived at the Whitlock family's villa.
"Mr. Whitlock, I'm going to bed." She hurriedly bid Tobias goodnight, clearly wishing to leave.
All the events that played out through the day were too overwhelming. She needed some time alone to process everything.
As she spun around and strode towards her room, Tobias grabbed her arm and yanked her towards him. Her entire body jerked with the sudden tug.
"Natalie, please call me Tobias. Mr. Whitlock sounds too formal."
Her heart skipped a beat. "But you're my boss."
"And your future husband," he whispered huskily as his dark eyes stared right into her soul.
Her mind turned into a buzzing mess of static.
Husband...
Was he really taking their relationship that seriously?
"But I am really not used to calling you that, Mr. Whitlock," she replied weakly after pausing for a moment. Tobias was her superior, after all. She felt uncomfortable calling him by his first name. It felt too... intimate. Tobias playfully patted her face and said, "You'll slowly get used to it."
She returned a stiff smile. "Alright."
"By the way," he added, "you'll have to slowly get used to sleeping with me too."
Heat immediately rushed to her cheeks.
She sped off into her bedroom, her face scarlet red.
planned to
when
herself down
in a muddle, and she
the end, she gave
didn't take long before she fell into a
and Hayden for breakfast. She was flattered to receive such special treatment
jam on her toast, but he also prepared sunny-side-ups for her, which
help noticing the change in
scrunched his little nose and asked, "Daddy, why are you being so nice to Natalie today? I never see you helping her spread jam on her toast." Tobias gave him a cool glance and replied, "She's my
almost choked on
Hayden that. How did
"woman"?
to look at her.
eyes blinked rapidly as he waited for her
at a loss for words. She didn't
question, she stuffed a piece of toast
kept pestering her that entire morning, asking her whether
for work, she was finally able to free herself from Hayden's interrogation. She
straight to the
the breakfast incident and couldn't help but complain, "Mr. Whitlock, you shouldn't have
the night before. She did not think that Tobias would so shamelessly tell Hayden that she was his woman the next morning. She still was
Tobias raised his beautifully
to date
glance at
three questions caught
nothing like
and shifted his gaze back onto the road. "That's more like it. You're my girl, so it doesn't matter if I tell him
her mind
did
down, she felt that something
of her
breezed into
that she almost burst in tears. "Mr. Whitlock, could you stop holding my hand? It's
hands, Tobias halted his footsteps, but he did not let go of her. Instead, his grip on her tightened. "You are my
was firm
no choice but to let him lead her into the
even went so far as to
drawn a lot of attraction along
down to work, she
who had always looked
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