"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

got in bed and put his

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

hint of sorrow flashed in Tobias'

could feel it, Natalie's fear of

one day, Natalie would be so

he never thought that he would

enveloped in endless regret. He was filled

Tobias said, "I'm

his apology, Natalie's lips curled with

was apologising to

and suffering that he'd inflicted

would he act the same

of sweetness would

and Tobias were destined to torture each

of them

were filled

tired," Natalie

his grip

slowly passed, but Natalie's eyes

the darkest hour to arrive, waiting for Tobias to fall

an eternity, Natalie finally felt Tobias' light breathing coming from behind

Natalie called

There was no response.

carefully removed Tobias' grip

bed and put on her

prepared this

the coat, one containing identification and a bank

dangerous it was to run out in the middle of the

was halfway up the mountain, so she'd

was dressed, Natalie reached out to lightly open the

man's deep voice rang out behind

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

eyes.

bed. "Go back to sleep. You

a sense of eeriness in

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

heart trembled with every step that

Natalie suddenly

dagger she had prepared from the pocket

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

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