Tobias felt rather happy at this.

"Okay," he replied in a low voice.

After arriving at the apartment, James said that he was tired and went to bed.

Natalie and Tobias were alone in the small living room.

There was a hint of awkwardness between them.

At first, they couldn't really sense the awkwardness, probably because they were in a rush to search for James.

But now that James had been found, Natalie was not in such a hurry. All of a sudden, she felt rather awkward.

Natalie hurried into the kitchen and said, "I'll get you something to eat."

She opened the refrigerator and found that there was no food at all.

Natalie subconsciously pulled on her hair. "We only have some bread left. Do you mind just having some bread and butter?" Tobias stepped forward and naturally took the bread and butter from her. "Let me do it. I'm pretty good at preparing this." Natalie's breathing hitched.

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As they ate, Natalie kept her head down and didn't dare to look at Tobias.

Her heart felt like it was stretched tight, and she felt oddly nervous.

Halfway through the meal, Natalie noticed there were two poached eggs in her bowl.

There were only two eggs left in the refrigerator, and Tobias had given both of them to her.

She felt as though her heartstrings were being tugged on.

She took a bite of the poached egg.

It was delicious. Tobias had cooked it so that the yolk was still runny.

After eating, Natalie's stomach and heart both felt warm.

Tobias stood up.

"Natalie, I'm heading off first," he said.

He hadn't forgotten about distancing himself from her.

"Oh." There was a hint of disappointment in Natalie's eyes.

Disappointment that she did not notice at all.

door, Natalie

turned back

eyes were

inexplicably felt the need to tell

was not even sure why she said

was stunned for

eyebrows relaxed, and he sounded pleased

was only a single syllable, it was full of utter

Natalie

opened the wardrobe and there was a

was a necktie

it for Tobias's

chance to give it

yet Natalie had

a little nervous when she picked

raise her

while, he opened the paper bag

Tobias' gaze

words shot out to conceal her nervousness. "I prepared this for you for your birthday, but something came up and I didn't manage to give it to you. But

a wave of

had

impulse to hug

out his hand, but it

image inexplicably flashed across his

stabbing herself

Tobias suppressed the impulse.

which were like a bottomless pool. "This is the best birthday gift

Natalie sat

that after she gave Tobias the tie, he

he did not end

was bitterness in

it was because Tobias had a

the case, there had to be a certain

her fingers

good thing. They should have kept their

for the

up and forced herself to do some

Tobias' focus was constantly elsewhere, and he

was thinking about excuses to

tried, he could not

for him to go to see

was too far-fetched, he was afraid

the

of Tobias increasingly frequently, so much so that it

in the middle of the night to look

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