"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

the bedroom, Natalie was already in bed, her

bed and put his

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

of sorrow flashed in Tobias'

it,

one day,

to spoil her, but he never thought

enveloped in endless regret. He was filled with

said, "I'm

Natalie's lips curled with sarcasm

was apologising

all the pain and suffering that

would he

of sweetness would

were destined to torture each other, and it would not end

for both of them

eyes were filled

tired," Natalie said. "Go

his grip on Natalie's

Natalie's eyes remained

waiting for the darkest hour to arrive, waiting for Tobias

felt like an eternity, Natalie finally felt

called out

There was no response.

carefully removed Tobias' grip on her

hurriedly got out of bed and put

had specially prepared this coat for

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

it was to run out in the middle

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

was dressed, Natalie reached

a man's deep voice rang

voice was like a thunder strike in Natalie's mind, making her

eyes.

got out of bed. "Go back to sleep.

sense of eeriness in the darkness of the unlit

light projected from the window, Natalie could see Tobias' silhouette. He was

heart trembled with every

Natalie suddenly

subconsciously took the dagger she had prepared from the pocket of her

the darkness of the night, under the dim light coming from outside the window,

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