"Then, I'll be going," Natalie said.
Tobias nodded.
She walked forward and then heard the sound of the car behind her driving off.
She halted and turned back.
She watched as the black Bentley drove away, and somehow her heart seemed to leave with it.
After a while, a faint blush appeared on Natalie's face. It was different from her usual flush; the redness slowly rose into her cheeks.
The corner of her mouth slowly rose.
She suddenly had a hunch that she, Natalie, seemed to be falling in love.
When she saw Tobias now, she was like a teenage girl in love, who became a stammering clumsy fool in front of him.
Natalie suddenly giggled.
After arriving at the classroom, Yvonne and Sebastian gathered around her.
Because Natalie's phone was smashed, they could not contact her. They were very anxious.
"Where have you been, Natalie?"
"Yeah, Natalie, the police even called to ask about your whereabouts."
"Why is your phone always turned off?"
"I was so worried, Natalie. You didn't say a word about where you went. I thought you were kidnapped. Then I thought... Nah, who would kidnap such a poor person?"
After that, Yvonne looked up and down at Natalie. "You weren't assaulted, were you?"
Natalie kept quiet.
Well, Yvonne did guess really accurately, but technically, it was an unsuccessful attempt.
However, she did not intend to tell Yvonne and Sebastian about the incident at all. After all, the matter was so complicated. Natalie did not want them to worry about her.
Of course, the most important thing was that this matter involved Tobias. Since Sebastian and Yvonne were convinced that she was obsessed with Tobias, Natalie did not want to tell them anything about him. "It's okay, it's not a big deal. It's a private matter. Sorry, I let you guys worry," Natalie said to them apologetically.
"So you didn't get assaulted?" Yvonne looked at Natalie suspiciously.
Sebastian, on the other hand, was nervous.
"No, no." Natalie sat down in her seat and said, "There's nothing wrong. Relax, you guys."
The two then asked her a bunch of questions. Natalie was annoyed and made up an excuse that she had lost her phone and was not in the mood to go to class. She lied and said that the police who called them to ask about her was with regards to Queenieand Madison.
Natalie's story was believable, thus Yvonne and Sebastian didn't suspect a thing.
Class began.
It was an economics class. Somehow, the teacher ended up on the topic of the YS group.
The nearly 40- year- old teacher was full of admiration for Tobias. He said it was amazing how Tobias turned YS Group into such a huge empire over just the span of a few years.
The teacher babbled a lot, and Natalie's heart began to stir.
When she heard the praises towards Tobias, she felt as if she was being praised herself. Her heart was overjoyed and she couldn't stop smiling.
Eventually, the teacher realized that he had gone off-topic and finally returned to his syllabus, but Natalie's heart was still full of Tobias.
She began to doodle Tobias' name over and over again in her textbook.
She did not mean to do it deliberately. She was merely doodling his name subconsciously.
While Natalie was doodling, she thought of Tobias' handsome appearance, and she even drew lines of pink hearts.
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