"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

entering the bedroom, Natalie was already in bed, her

and put

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

of sorrow flashed

it,

day, Natalie would be

but he never thought that he would

in endless regret. He was

said,

Natalie's lips curled with sarcasm and

was apologising to

all the pain and suffering

apologising now, would he act the same way next

knew that each short burst of sweetness

Tobias were destined to torture each other, and it

them if she were to leave

eyes were filled

am tired," Natalie said. "Go to

his grip

slowly passed, but Natalie's eyes

waiting for the darkest hour to arrive, waiting for

felt like an eternity, Natalie finally felt Tobias' light breathing coming from behind

called out

There was no response.

carefully removed Tobias' grip on her

hurriedly got out of bed and put

specially prepared this

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

knew how dangerous it was to run out in the middle of the

halfway up the mountain, so

dressed, Natalie reached

deep voice

in Natalie's mind, making

eyes.

back to sleep. You have to

of eeriness in the darkness of

from the window, Natalie could see Tobias'

every step

over!" Natalie suddenly

had prepared from the pocket of her

coming from outside the window,

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