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 think
when she
she could not calm herself down no matter how hard
all in a muddle, and she was unable to get her
she gave up and went
long before she fell
to receive such special treatment from him all of a sudden. Tobias was extremely caring towards
the jam on her toast, but he also prepared sunny-side-ups for
Hayden couldn't help noticing the change
"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
almost choked
that. How did dare
"woman"?
and he turned to look at her. "Are you going to
eyes blinked rapidly as he waited for her
she was suddenly at a loss for words. She didn't know what to say
of answering his question, she stuffed a piece of
entire morning, asking her whether she was going to be
work, she was finally able to free herself from Hayden's interrogation. She breathed
drove them straight to the
help but complain, "Mr.
She did not think that Tobias would so shamelessly tell Hayden that she
his beautifully arched brows
you agree to date me last
suspicious glance at
questions caught
like that," she
"That's more like it. You're
her mind busy doing mental
words did make
felt that
tight. He had not let go of her since arriving at the company. Pulling
peak hour when they breezed into the building,
that she almost burst in tears. "Mr. Whitlock, could you
mention of their joined hands, Tobias halted his footsteps, but 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
was
choice but to let him lead her into
went so far as to escort
drawn a lot of
down to work, she noticed
Even Lanny, who had always looked down on
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