"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

Natalie was already in

got in bed and put his arms around her

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

hint of sorrow flashed in Tobias'

it,

that one day, Natalie would be so terrified

but he never thought that he would hurt her so

regret. He was filled with guilt

Tobias said,

lips curled

was apologising to

pain and suffering that he'd inflicted on

would he act

short burst of sweetness would only be followed by endless

Tobias were destined to torture each

them if she were to

were filled

am tired," Natalie said.

grip on Natalie's

passed, but Natalie's eyes remained wide

hour to arrive, waiting for Tobias to

Natalie finally felt Tobias'

called

There was no response.

Tobias' grip on

of bed and put

prepared this

coat, one containing identification and

out in the middle of the

halfway up the mountain, so she'd specially

Natalie reached out

voice rang

Natalie's mind, making

eyes.

back

eeriness in the darkness of the

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

trembled with every step that he

Natalie suddenly shouted

dagger she had prepared from

light coming from outside the window, the dagger seemed to

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