"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

bedroom, Natalie was already in bed, her

got in bed and put his

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

hint of sorrow flashed in

could feel it, Natalie's fear

had never expected that one day, Natalie

he never thought that

regret. He was filled with

Tobias said, "I'm

Natalie's lips

was apologising

all the pain and suffering

he act the

that each short burst of sweetness would only

torture each other,

best for both of them

were

Natalie

his grip

passed, but Natalie's eyes remained

the darkest hour to arrive, waiting for Tobias

what felt like an eternity, Natalie finally felt

called out

There was no response.

removed Tobias' grip on

out of bed and put on her

had specially prepared this coat for this

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

was to run out

the villa was halfway up the mountain,

Natalie reached out to

a man's deep voice rang out behind

Natalie's mind, making her stop in her tracks

eyes.

back to sleep. You have

sense of eeriness in the darkness

light projected from the window, Natalie could

every

Natalie

subconsciously took the dagger she had prepared from the pocket of

dim light coming from outside the

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