"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

already in bed, her

in bed and put his

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

sorrow flashed in Tobias'

could feel it,

never expected that one day, Natalie would

had always wanted to spoil her, but he never thought that he would hurt her

regret. He was

said, "I'm

lips

was apologising

all the pain and suffering that he'd inflicted

he act the same way next

of sweetness would only be followed

torture each other, and it would not end

was best for both of them if she were to leave

eyes were

Natalie said.

grip on Natalie's

slowly passed, but Natalie's eyes

darkest hour to arrive, waiting for Tobias

Natalie finally felt Tobias' light breathing

called

There was no response.

carefully removed Tobias' grip

hurriedly got out of bed

specially prepared this coat

pockets on the coat, one containing identification and a bank card, and

out in the middle of the night as a

more, the villa was halfway up the

was dressed, Natalie reached out to

a man's deep voice

in Natalie's mind,

eyes.

got out of bed. "Go back to sleep.

gave Natalie a sense of eeriness in

from the window, Natalie could

every

Natalie suddenly shouted

had prepared from the pocket of

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

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