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.

turned gloomy as he recalled how the red car had knocked over his parents like they

 

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

he

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

Natalie, Lina, and Joyce were chatting in front

two women since she would be

until a black

flashed a playful

her eyes in amusement. “Alright now, don’t forget to give your all for the competition abroad. I’ll also be participating

for the final rounds. As long as we both make it into the finals, then we’ll definitely see each other.” Lina patted Natalie’s shoulder

her two friends and joked, “Pfft! Please, you guys are so talented.

Lina answered simultaneously with sparkly-eyed

after, Natalie waved goodbye to them. “Alright,

see you!” Her two friends

opened the door and entered the front passenger seat.

didn’t utter a word. Rather, he stared intensely at her face as if he were searching

a doubt, she was the most stunning woman

angelic features bore a striking resemblance to the little girl’s

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