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.
initially planned to
calmly when
she could not calm herself down no
were all in a muddle, and she was
she gave
before she fell into a
next morning, Natalie joined Tobias and Hayden for breakfast. She was flattered to receive such special treatment from him all of a sudden. Tobias was extremely caring
did he help spread the jam on her toast, but he also prepared sunny-side-ups
help noticing the change
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
choked
How did dare he tell
"woman"?
turned to look at her. "Are
as he waited
Hayden's innocent eyes, she was suddenly at a loss for words. She
a piece of toast
her
to free herself from Hayden's interrogation. She breathed a sigh of relief as she entered
drove them straight to the
thought about the breakfast incident and couldn't help but complain, "Mr. Whitlock,
did not think that Tobias would so shamelessly tell Hayden that
his beautifully
agree to
at her.
caught her
like that," she
more like it. You're my
frowned, her mind busy doing
words did
deep down, she felt that something
held her hand tight. He had not let go of her since arriving at the company.
breezed into the building, and YS
embarrassed that she almost burst in tears. "Mr. Whitlock, could you stop
Instead, his grip on
tone was firm and
to let him lead
went so far as to escort her to the Legal
of them had drawn a lot of
work, she noticed
kind to her. Even Lanny, who had always looked
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