"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

the bedroom, Natalie was already in bed, her back towards

got in bed and put his

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

hint of sorrow flashed

it, Natalie's fear

day, Natalie would be so terrified

her, but he never

regret. He was filled

Tobias said, "I'm

his apology, Natalie's lips

apologising to

the pain and suffering

apologising now, would he act the same

knew that each short burst of sweetness

to torture each other, and it

was best for both of them if

were filled with

tired," Natalie said. "Go to

tightened his grip on

slowly passed, but Natalie's

to arrive, waiting for Tobias

eternity, Natalie finally felt Tobias' light

called out

There was no response.

removed Tobias'

hurriedly got out of bed

had specially prepared this

coat, one containing identification and a bank card, and

knew how dangerous it was to run out in the middle of the night as a

was halfway up the mountain, so she'd specially

dressed, Natalie reached out to

deep voice rang out

was like a thunder strike in Natalie's mind, making her stop in her tracks and widen

eyes.

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

gave Natalie a sense of eeriness in the darkness of the

could

every step

Natalie suddenly shouted

had prepared from the pocket of

light coming from outside the window, the

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