"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

bedroom, Natalie was already

put

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

of sorrow flashed in

it, Natalie's fear of

that one day, Natalie

spoil her, but he never thought that

regret. He was filled with

Tobias said,

Natalie's lips curled with sarcasm

apologising

all the pain and suffering

was apologising now, would he act the same

that each short burst of

destined to torture each other, and it would not

of them if she were to leave

eyes were filled with

am tired," Natalie said.

his grip

but Natalie's eyes

waiting for the darkest hour to arrive, waiting

Natalie finally felt Tobias' light

Natalie called out

There was no response.

removed Tobias'

hurriedly got out of bed and put on

specially prepared this coat for this

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

how dangerous it was to run out in the middle of the night as

was halfway up the mountain, so she'd specially

Natalie reached

a man's deep voice

thunder strike in Natalie's mind, making her

eyes.

got out of bed. "Go back to sleep.

gave Natalie a sense of eeriness in the darkness of the

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

every

Natalie suddenly shouted

dagger she had prepared from the pocket of

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

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