"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

bedroom, Natalie was already in bed, her back towards

got in bed and put his

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

sorrow flashed

feel it, Natalie's fear of

never expected that one day,

but he never thought that he would hurt her

regret. He was

said, "I'm

Natalie's lips curled

was apologising to

suffering that

was apologising now, would he act the same way next

already knew that each short burst of

to torture each

them if she were to leave

eyes were filled with

tired," Natalie said. "Go to

his grip

slowly passed, but Natalie's eyes

was waiting for the darkest hour to arrive, waiting for

an eternity, Natalie finally felt Tobias' light breathing coming

called

There was no response.

removed Tobias' grip

bed and put on her

specially prepared this coat for

two big pockets on the coat, one containing identification and a bank

run out in

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

Natalie reached

voice rang out behind

Natalie's mind, making her stop in her tracks and

eyes.

"Go back to sleep. You have

a sense of eeriness in the

the light projected from the window, Natalie could see

with every step that

over!" Natalie suddenly

subconsciously took the dagger she had prepared from the pocket of her

light coming from outside the window, the dagger seemed

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