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

when she

she could not calm herself down no matter how hard

and

she gave up

didn't take long before she fell

for breakfast. She was flattered to receive such special treatment from him all of a sudden. Tobias was extremely

help spread the jam on her toast, but he also

noticing

you helping her spread jam on her toast." Tobias gave him a cool glance and replied, "She's my woman now, so of course, I have to treat her

almost choked on her

Hayden that. How did

"woman"?

widened, and he turned to look at her. "Are you going

eyes blinked rapidly as he

a loss for words.

of answering his question, she stuffed a piece of toast into

kept pestering her that entire morning, asking her whether she was going to be his

to free herself from Hayden's interrogation. She breathed a sigh of relief as she

drove them straight to

thought about the breakfast incident and couldn't help but complain, "Mr. Whitlock, you shouldn't have

to date him because she was forced to do that the night before. She did not think that Tobias would so shamelessly tell Hayden that she was his woman the next

I wrong?" Tobias raised his beautifully arched brows in

agree to date

a suspicious glance at her. "Was

three questions caught

nothing like that,"

road. "That's more like it. You're my girl, so

her mind busy doing mental

words did

down, she felt that something

of her since arriving

was peak hour when they breezed into the building, and

almost burst in tears. "Mr. Whitlock,

he did not let go of her. Instead, his grip on her tightened. "You are my girl now, Natalie. Why would it be inappropriate for others to see us

was firm

but to let him lead her into the office,

even went so far as to escort

had drawn a lot

work, she noticed that something

Lanny, who had always looked down on her,

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