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.
had initially planned to think
when she was
calm herself down no matter how hard she
a muddle, and she was unable to get
end, she gave up and
before she
flattered to receive such special treatment from him all of a sudden. Tobias was extremely caring towards
only did he help spread the jam on her toast, but he also prepared sunny-side-ups for her,
noticing the
her spread jam on her toast." Tobias gave him a cool glance and replied, "She's my woman now, so of course,
choked
believe Tobias would tell Hayden that. How did dare he tell him that she
"woman"?
widened, and he turned to look at her. "Are you going
eyes blinked rapidly as he waited
at a loss for words. She didn't know what
question, she stuffed a piece
pestering her that entire morning, asking her whether she was going to
to free herself from Hayden's interrogation. She breathed a sigh of
them straight to the
help but complain, "Mr. Whitlock, you shouldn't have told
do that the night before. She did not think that Tobias would so
Tobias raised his
to date me last
glance at her. "Was that
questions caught her
it's...it's nothing like that," she
more like it. You're
mind busy doing mental
words did make
deep down, she felt
not let go of
breezed into the building, and
embarrassed that she almost burst in tears. "Mr. Whitlock, could you stop holding my hand? It's inappropriate if others
her. Instead, his grip on her tightened. "You are my girl now, Natalie. Why would it
was firm
lead her into the
so far as to escort her to
drawn a
got down to work, she noticed that
Lanny, who had always looked down on her, went out of her way to
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