"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.

he had

already in bed, her back

and put

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

hint of sorrow

feel it, Natalie's fear of

that one day, Natalie would be so terrified of

but he never thought that he would hurt

was enveloped in endless regret. He was filled with guilt

said, "I'm

apology, Natalie's lips curled with

was apologising to

and suffering that he'd inflicted

would he act the same

knew that each short burst of sweetness

were destined to torture each other, and it would not

of them if she

were

am tired," Natalie said.

his grip

Natalie's

for the darkest hour to arrive, waiting for Tobias to

like an eternity, Natalie finally felt Tobias' light breathing

called out

There was no response.

removed Tobias' grip on her

of bed

had specially prepared this coat for this

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

run out in the middle of the

halfway up the mountain, so

she was dressed, Natalie reached out to

man's deep voice rang out behind

mind, making her stop in her tracks and

eyes.

"Go back to sleep. You have to

voice gave Natalie a sense of eeriness in the darkness

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

every step

over!" Natalie suddenly

dagger she had

night, under the dim light coming from outside the window, the dagger

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