"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, her back towards

in bed and put

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

of sorrow flashed in

could feel it, Natalie's

had never expected that one day, Natalie

had always wanted to spoil her, but he

regret. He was filled with guilt

Tobias said,

his apology, Natalie's lips curled

was apologising to

the pain and suffering

he was apologising now, would he

short burst of sweetness would only be followed by

to torture each other, and

best for both of them if she were to

were

am tired," Natalie said.

tightened his grip on Natalie's

slowly passed, but Natalie's eyes remained wide

for the darkest hour to arrive,

felt like an eternity, Natalie finally felt Tobias' light

Natalie called out

There was no response.

carefully removed Tobias' grip

bed and put on

prepared this coat for

pockets on the coat, one containing identification and a

out in

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

she was dressed, Natalie reached out to lightly open

man's deep voice rang

strike in Natalie's mind, making her stop in

eyes.

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

gave Natalie a sense of eeriness in

window, Natalie could see Tobias'

heart trembled with every

come over!" Natalie

subconsciously took the dagger she had prepared

darkness of the night, under the dim light coming from outside the

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