"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 bed, her back

got in bed and put

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

sorrow flashed

it, Natalie's fear of

expected that one day, Natalie would be

he

regret. He was filled

said,

lips

was apologising

pain and suffering that he'd inflicted on

now, would he act the same

already knew that each short burst of sweetness would only be followed

to torture each other, and

of them if she were to leave

were filled with

am tired," Natalie said.

tightened his grip on

slowly passed, but Natalie's eyes remained

the darkest hour to arrive, waiting for Tobias

Natalie finally felt Tobias'

called

There was no response.

carefully removed Tobias' grip on her

of bed and put on her

had specially prepared this coat for

pockets on the coat, one containing identification and

how dangerous it was to run out in

the villa was halfway up the mountain, so she'd specially

she was dressed, Natalie reached out to

a man's deep voice

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

eyes.

out of bed. "Go back to sleep. You

eeriness in the darkness

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

heart trembled with every

over!" Natalie suddenly

dagger she had

light coming from outside the

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