"Natalie, are you okay?" Hayden asked her, his eyes wide.

Natalie looked at Hayden's face in a daze.

There was no light in her eyes, only emptiness.

After a while, she came back to her senses.

She touched Hayden's face and said in a low voice, "I'm fine. Hayden, you have to eat more so you can grow taller."

Hayden smiled at that. "I will. I'm going to grow tall, even taller than Daddy."

There was a sense of despair in Natalie's eyes.

Simon's words from earlier in the day almost moved her.

But what happened after that made her determined.

She had to leave Tobias, and once she did, that would be the end of it.

This meant that she would have to do so even if she had leave Hayden.

Tobias was not well.

Everything would end only if she were to leave.

After dinner, Natalie excused herself and went to the bedroom, saying that she was tired.

Just as Tobias was about to enter her room, Cecilia stopped him.

She looked at Tobias with some concern. "Tobias, Natalie seems to be strange today. Is she in a bad mood?"

Tobias looked tired. "I will comfort her," he replied.

"Tobias, you always have a sense of propriety when doing things. I don't want you to lose your sense of propriety with Natalie." Tobias's breath hitched for a moment, and a flash of irony appeared in his eyes.

He had a sense of propriety.

He had always felt that this was the case.

But now he knew that he was wrong.

When faced with Natalie, he could not be rational. He would always be reduced to a mess.

knew that he had hurt

Natalie was already in bed, her

put his arms around her

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

sorrow flashed in Tobias'

it, Natalie's fear of

day,

to spoil her, but he never thought

regret. He was filled with guilt

Tobias said,

his apology, Natalie's lips

was apologising to

suffering that he'd

apologising now, would he act the same way next

short burst of sweetness would only

to torture each other, and it would not end

was best for both of them

eyes were filled with

tired," Natalie said. "Go to

his grip on Natalie's

passed, but Natalie's

to arrive, waiting

eternity, Natalie finally felt Tobias' light breathing

Natalie called

There was no response.

removed Tobias' grip on her

of bed and put on

this coat

on the coat, one containing identification and a bank card, and another containing a sharp

dangerous it was to run out

more, the villa was halfway up the mountain, so she'd specially prepared

she was dressed, Natalie reached out to lightly open the

voice

mind, making her stop in her

eyes.

Tobias got out of bed. "Go back to sleep. You

of eeriness in the darkness of the

projected from the window, Natalie could see Tobias'

with every

Natalie suddenly shouted

dagger she had

the night, under the dim light coming from outside the window, the dagger

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