"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

already in

put his arms around

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

sorrow flashed

it, Natalie's fear

had never expected that one day, Natalie would be

but he never

was enveloped in endless regret. He was filled with guilt and

Tobias said, "I'm

lips curled with sarcasm and

apologising to

the pain and suffering that he'd inflicted

would he act

of sweetness would

Tobias were destined to torture each other, and it would not end

best for both of them if

were

Natalie said. "Go

tightened his grip on Natalie's

Natalie's eyes remained

hour to arrive, waiting for Tobias to fall

Natalie finally

Natalie called

There was no response.

removed Tobias' grip on her

of bed and put on her

this coat for this

pockets on the coat, one containing identification and

knew how dangerous it was to run out in the middle

more, the villa was halfway up the mountain,

Natalie reached out to

deep voice rang

in Natalie's mind, making her stop

eyes.

back to sleep.

eeriness in the darkness of the unlit

could see Tobias' silhouette.

trembled with every

Natalie suddenly

dagger she had prepared

the night, under the dim light coming from outside the window, the dagger seemed to be

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