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.

as he recalled how

 

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

he would be able to

managed to regain a decent amount of control over his emotions. He then exited

were chatting in front

to say her goodbyes to the other two women since she

until a black Maybach pulled over next to

Your husband’s here!” Lina flashed a

for the competition abroad. I’ll also be

instructor says that our jewelry design competition will be collaborating with the fashion industry’s international competition for the final rounds. As long as we both make it into the finals, then we’ll definitely

Please, you guys are so talented. Making the

Lina answered simultaneously

Natalie waved goodbye to them. “Alright, I gotta get going

you!” Her

passenger seat. She hastily apologized, “Sorry, Shane. Have you been

word. Rather, he stared intensely at

the most stunning woman he had ever laid eyes

a striking resemblance to the little girl’s sweet face from the video he

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