Natalie, please don’t let me down…

After witnessing what had happened in the video, the man could no longer focus on work.

He remained in his chair, lost in thought while the office cleaners worked hard to pick up haphazardly thrown documents off the ground.

Only when Natalie called later in the afternoon did he finally pull himself together.

“Darling, are you busy today?” Natalie asked through the phone.

Shane lowered his gaze grimly before replying, “No. Why?”

“Uhm…” The woman faltered at how impassive he suddenly sounded. Nevertheless, she brushed it off, thinking that she had imagined it.

His response was fairly short, so perhaps I heard wrongly.

She set that aside and resumed cheerily on the phone, “You’re usually here to pick me up after work at this time of day. I just noticed that you’re not here, so I thought I’d call to ask if you’re busy.”

“Mm. I’ll head over now,” Shane replied curtly.

 

“Alright, drive safe!” replied Natalie while nodding.

words. His expression turned gloomy as he recalled how

 

he paced to the balcony for some air. He desperately hoped that the chilly breeze would

he would

a few minutes in the cold air, Shane managed to regain a decent amount of control over his emotions. He then exited

Natalie, Lina, and Joyce were chatting

her goodbyes to the other two women since she would

until a black Maybach pulled over next to

flashed a playful smile,

all for the competition abroad. I’ll also be participating in an international competition abroad in a month’s

rounds. As long as we both make it into the finals, then we’ll definitely see each other.” Lina

two friends and joked, “Pfft! Please, you guys

and Lina answered simultaneously with

to them. “Alright, I

Her two friends

black Maybach, then opened the door and entered the front passenger seat. She hastily apologized, “Sorry, Shane. Have you

a word. Rather, he stared intensely at

a doubt, she was the most stunning woman he had ever laid

resemblance to the little girl’s sweet face from

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