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.

he recalled how the red

 

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

if he would be

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

and Joyce were

had come over to say her goodbyes to the other two women since she would be

three babbled on until a black Maybach

flashed

your all for the competition

for the final rounds. As

joked, “Pfft! Please, you guys are so talented. Making the finals

Natalie and Lina answered simultaneously

goodbye to them. “Alright,

see you!” Her two friends

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

a word. Rather, he stared intensely at her face

was the most stunning woman

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

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