"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 had hurt her

was already in bed,

put

Natalie's body immediately trembled.

She was not asleep.

sorrow

it, Natalie's fear of

had never expected that one day, Natalie would be so terrified

he never thought that he

enveloped in endless regret. He was filled with guilt

Tobias said, "I'm

his apology, Natalie's lips curled with

was apologising

suffering that he'd inflicted on

would he act the

already knew that each short burst of sweetness would

and Tobias were destined to torture each other, and it would not end

was best for both of them

eyes were filled with

tired," Natalie said. "Go to

tightened his grip

slowly passed, but Natalie's eyes remained wide

the darkest hour to arrive,

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

out of bed and put

specially prepared this coat for this

containing identification and

dangerous it was to run out in the middle

up the mountain, so she'd

was dressed, Natalie reached out to lightly open the

deep voice rang out behind

Natalie's mind, making her stop in her tracks

eyes.

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

eeriness in the darkness

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

with every

over!" Natalie suddenly

had prepared from the pocket

under the dim light coming from

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