"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

entering the bedroom, Natalie was already in

and put his arms

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

sorrow

could feel it, Natalie's fear of

never expected that one day, Natalie

spoil her, but he never thought that he would hurt her so

regret. He was filled with

said, "I'm

his apology, Natalie's lips curled

apologising

the pain and suffering that he'd

would he act the same way

already knew that each short burst of sweetness

Tobias were destined to torture each other, and it

for both of them if she were to leave

eyes were filled

tired," Natalie

tightened his grip on

passed, but Natalie's eyes

darkest hour to arrive, waiting for Tobias to

eternity, Natalie finally felt Tobias' light breathing coming from

called

There was no response.

carefully removed Tobias'

bed and put

prepared this coat

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

was to run out in the

halfway up the mountain, so she'd

reached out

deep voice

thunder strike in Natalie's mind, making her stop in her tracks and

eyes.

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

eeriness in the darkness of

could

trembled with every step that he

Natalie suddenly shouted

dagger she had prepared

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

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