"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 had

already

in bed and put his arms around her

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

sorrow flashed

it, Natalie's fear of

day, Natalie would be so

but he never

regret. He was

Tobias said,

Natalie's lips curled with sarcasm and

was apologising

and suffering that he'd

he

of sweetness would only be followed by endless

Tobias were destined to torture each other, and

best for both of them if she were

were filled with

tired," Natalie

grip on

passed, but Natalie's eyes remained wide

for the darkest hour to arrive, waiting

finally felt Tobias' light

Natalie called

There was no response.

removed Tobias' grip on

got out of bed and put

had specially prepared this coat for

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

to run out in

villa was halfway up the mountain, so she'd

reached out to lightly open

man's deep voice rang out behind

strike in Natalie's mind, making her

eyes.

of bed. "Go back to sleep. You have to be

gave Natalie a sense of eeriness in the darkness

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

heart trembled with every step that

over!" Natalie suddenly shouted

the dagger she had

darkness of the night, under the dim light coming from outside the window, the dagger seemed to be sharper than she

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