Natalie was petrified.

The Whitlock family was just too straightforward.

She couldn't believe that Cecilia wanted her to call her Mom.

They had only just met each other for the first time.

"No, Auntie!" She let out a nervous chuckle. "I prefer to call you Auntie."

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"Alright then, if that's what you prefer." Cecilia looked at her affectionately.

Then, she guided Natalie to sit on the sofa and asked how she was.

Natalie thought Cecilia would start questioning her about her background. She was her son's girlfriend, after all.

She braced herself for the questions and drafted the answers in her mind - her height, her education, her job, her family...

But surprisingly, Cecilia didn't ask a single thing

about those.

Instead, she asked Natalie if she liked Hayden, inquired about her health, and wanted to know more about how she felt. Natalie could see that Cecilia genuinely cared about her.

But her kindness was too abrupt.

Natalie was not used to it.

Out of courtesy, she answered Cecilia's question patiently as she tried to hide her awkwardness.

Cecilia didn't seem to notice Natalie's unease at all. She continued chatting passionately with no intention of stopping.

Natalie was literally a damsel in distress.

She silently thanked God when Tobias finally returned home.

Her eyes lit up, and she stared at him like her knight in shining armor.

She immediately sprang up from the sofa and leaped towards him. For the first time, she beamed her widest smile at Tobias, "You're back, Mr. Whitlock."

his gaze drifted up

The corners of his lips quirked into a faint

him and whispered, "Mr. Whitlock,

to look behind her, and his eyebrows raised in surprise when he saw Cecilia sitting on

She had gained a fair amount of weight, and color had finally returned to her cheeks. She was no longer pale and

greeted in a clear and sweet

tilted her chin to

want to disturb the mother-son reunion. Most importantly, she felt

Hayden to bed. It was nice talking to you, Auntie!"

Tobias nodded

kiss

Natalie was stunned.

kiss her on the

she quickly

moved to

Cecilia's

guessed that it would turn out like that. It doesn't matter

Cecilia forced a smile.

same thing

Natalie still doesn't remember anything,

knitted into

breath hitched for a moment. "Even if she really can't remember the past, she's still mine. This might be a

remember anything, at least she was still

of regret. He would definitely feel like had

sigh escaped her

he sneakily changed the

side. If Cecilia was back, she

nowhere to

Agaphen

Tobias's frown deepened.

who Cecilia was

much so she was

doesn't deserve Selina," Tobias muttered with a

"Of course I know that, Tobias. However much I tried to persuade her or scold her, she just won't

things are fated, and we can't

fall into a star- crossed relationship with

long face, his eyes darker than the midnight sky. "I'll

helpless. "There's nothing you can do about it. She's blinded by love. We can't stop her, so we can only stand by as we watch her fall

Cecilia stopped herself.

her daughter was just

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