"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.

that he had hurt her

Natalie was already in bed, her

bed and put his arms

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

of sorrow flashed in Tobias'

could feel it, Natalie's

that one day, Natalie would

had always wanted to spoil her, but he never

enveloped in endless regret. He was filled with guilt

Tobias said, "I'm

lips curled

was apologising to

and suffering that he'd inflicted on

now, would he act the same

of sweetness would

to torture each other, and it would not

of them

were

tired," Natalie said. "Go

tightened his grip on

Natalie's eyes remained

for the darkest hour to arrive, waiting for

finally felt Tobias' light breathing coming from behind

called out

There was no response.

carefully removed Tobias' grip on her

bed and put on her

prepared this coat for this

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

knew how dangerous it was to run out in the middle of

halfway up the

dressed, Natalie reached out to lightly open the

a man's deep voice rang

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

eyes.

got out of bed. "Go back to sleep.

a sense of eeriness in the darkness of the

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

every step that

Natalie suddenly shouted

had prepared from the pocket of her

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

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