"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.

he had

bedroom, Natalie was already in bed, her

put his arms

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

of sorrow flashed in

it, Natalie's fear of

one day, Natalie would

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

regret. He was filled with

Tobias said, "I'm

apology, Natalie's lips curled with

was apologising

the pain and suffering that he'd inflicted

would he act

knew that each short burst of sweetness would only be followed

torture each other, and it would not end

was best for both of them if she

eyes were

am tired," Natalie

his grip on Natalie's

slowly passed, but Natalie's eyes remained

for the darkest hour to arrive, waiting for Tobias to

felt like an eternity, Natalie finally felt

Natalie called out

There was no response.

carefully removed Tobias' grip

hurriedly got out of bed and put on

prepared this coat for this

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

out in the

halfway up the mountain, so she'd specially

dressed, Natalie reached out to lightly open the

voice rang out

strike in Natalie's mind, making her stop in

eyes.

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

eeriness in the darkness of

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

trembled with every

over!" Natalie suddenly

had prepared from the pocket of her

coming from outside the window, the dagger seemed

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