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.

at those words. His expression turned gloomy as he recalled how the red car had knocked over his parents like they were

 

for some air. He desperately hoped that the chilly

wasn’t sure if he would be able to

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

Joyce were chatting in front of

to say her goodbyes to the other two women

until a black Maybach

flashed a playful smile,

give your all for the competition abroad. I’ll also be

jewelry design competition will be collaborating with the fashion industry’s international competition for the final rounds. As

and joked, “Pfft! Please, you guys are so

answered simultaneously with sparkly-eyed

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

you!” Her

the front passenger seat. She hastily apologized, “Sorry, Shane. Have you been waiting for

word. Rather, he stared intensely at her face as if

most stunning

to the little girl’s sweet face from the video

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