She felt that time flew by pretty quickly.
Tobias glanced at the Patek Phillipe watch on his wrist, "It's already six o'clock."
Natalie's eyes widened. It was already six o'clock?
She barely even noticed the time pass by.
She touched her head, "So fast? It felt like half an hour to me."
A smile appeared in Tobias' eyes. "That's because you were busy staring at me. Of course, time passed quickly for you."
Natalie's face flushed red immediately.
She had been secretly staring at Tobias, but she didn't know that he had realized it.
"You should just blatantly stare at me the next time. I'm your husband. You don't need to be secretive with me," Tobias' gaze became deeper.
Natalie was at a loss for words.
"Even though you're only my husband on paper?" She whispered.
Tobias suddenly put his arm around her waist and said, "Natalie, do you want me to officiate the title between us, so that you won't bring up the agreement anymore?"
Natalie felt the heat from his palm on her waist spreading throughout her body.
Her eyelashes trembled lightly like a falling butterfly, and she clenched her fists tightly.
Did Tobias mean that they were more than just an arranged-marriage couple?
Could it be that he wanted to be husband and wife, bonded by love?
However, his words were a little ambiguous.
As she was immersed in her thoughts, Tobias let go of her waist, and Natalie felt a vague sense of emptiness.
"Let's go," he said.
Natalie was pondering some words she had to say along the journey home.
She wanted to ask Tobias if their relationship was more than just an arranged marriage and if he wanted to have a real husband and wife relationship with her. Did Tobias have feelings for her?
It was not because she was narcissistic, but Tobias had obviously expressed his feelings for her more than once. That's why she was wondering.
However, every time she wanted to speak, she couldn't find the strength to utter those words.
She didn't have the courage to ask.
If she was her old self, she would have asked by now.
"Tobias, are you secretly in love with me? Have you been intoxicated by my beauty? Hahaha," she would say.
But now, Natalie just couldn't seem to speak her mind.
Because she cared for him, and she had too much to lose.
Perhaps it was better this way. At least she could hold on to her beautiful hopes and dreams.
What if they laid everything out on the table, and the answer wasn't what she expected? Natalie would have no idea what to do then.
They returned to the Whitlock family's apartment, and Selina was not at home.
Aunt Lee had already prepared a meal. After Natalie and Tobias had dinner, Tobias asked her to go back to the bedroom.
Natalie suddenly became nervous.
Why did Tobias want her to go to the bedroom? Did he want to do something to her?
An image of her and Tobias in bed appeared in her mind.
Natalie was exceptional at imagining scenes that did not happen in her head.
Every time Tobias said something, the image would instantly pop into her mind.
For example, all Tobias said was to go back to the bedroom, but Natalie had already imagined the two of them being intimate and moaning in bed.
Sometimes, she really felt that she had such a dirty mind.
Seeing that Natalie's face was red again and she was blinking rapidly, Tobias knew instantly what she was thinking.
He said in a cool tone, "Don't overthink it. I'm just helping you to apply medicine to your wound."
Natalie's breathing came to a halt.
She didn't expect Tobias to see through her.
However, she was a girl after all, and she had some dignity. She wanted to save face.
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