"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

entering the bedroom, Natalie was already in bed,

bed and put his

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

sorrow

could feel it,

had never expected that one day,

spoil her, but he never thought that he would

enveloped in endless regret. He was filled with guilt

Tobias said, "I'm

Natalie's lips curled with sarcasm

apologising

and suffering that he'd inflicted on

apologising now, would he act the same way next

short burst of sweetness would only

each other, and it would not end

them if she were to leave

were filled

am tired," Natalie said. "Go to

his grip on Natalie's

slowly passed, but Natalie's

waiting for the darkest hour to arrive, waiting for

finally felt Tobias' light

called

There was no response.

carefully removed Tobias' grip

bed and put on her

had specially prepared this coat for

were two big pockets on the coat, one containing identification and

it was to run out in the middle

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

she was dressed, Natalie reached out to lightly open the

a man's deep voice

mind, making

eyes.

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

voice gave Natalie a sense of eeriness in the darkness of

the window, Natalie could see Tobias' silhouette. He

trembled with every

over!" Natalie suddenly

the dagger she had prepared from the

dim light coming from

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