"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 hurt

was already in bed,

and put

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

hint of sorrow flashed in

it, Natalie's fear

had never expected that one day, Natalie would be so terrified

always wanted to spoil her, but he never thought that he would hurt her so

regret. He was filled with

Tobias said, "I'm

his apology, Natalie's lips curled with

apologising to

pain and suffering that

he act

each short burst of sweetness would only be

and Tobias were destined to torture each other, and it would

was best for both of them if she were to leave

eyes were

am tired," Natalie said. "Go to

tightened his grip on

Natalie's eyes remained wide

was waiting for the darkest hour to arrive, waiting for Tobias

like an eternity, Natalie finally felt

called out

There was no response.

removed Tobias' grip

out of bed and put on

had specially prepared this coat for

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

out in

villa was halfway up the

was dressed, Natalie reached out to lightly open the

man's deep voice rang out

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

eyes.

out of bed. "Go back to sleep. You have to be

a sense of eeriness in the darkness of the unlit

could see Tobias' silhouette.

with every step that he

Natalie suddenly

dagger she had prepared from the pocket

coming from outside the window, the dagger seemed

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