The man was going to kill Tobias. If he gave the gun to the man, would Tobias be able to stay alive?
"Are you giving it to me?" The man asked and suddenly increased his pressure on Natalie's neck.
Natalie's face turned purple.
She could not say anything, but she pleaded with her eyes to tell Tobias not to give the gun to the man.
"I'll count to three. If you don't give me the gun, she'll die in front of you," said the killer. The man stared at Tobias and started to count, "One, two..."
Tobias gave the gun to the man.
The man took the gun quickly.
"Run, Natalie," Tobias immediately shouted at Natalie and threw the gun at the same time.
If Natalie took advantage of the moment to run, even if the gun was taken away, he could still escape.
But Natalie did not want to run at all.
Seeing the gun fall into the man's hand, Natalie suddenly panicked.
She was afraid that something would happen to Tobias.
She subconsciously tried to snatch the gun from the man's hand.
When the man saw that Natalie was trying to obstruct him, he immediately shot at her.
Natalie was stunned when the black muzzle was aimed at herself.
Bang!
Hearing a loud gunshot, she closed her eyes in fear.
Natalie did not feel any pain.
A drop of hot blood fell onto Natalie's face.
Natalie opened her eyes.
Tobias pressed his body against hers. His face was pale, as if he was trying his best to bear the pain.
While the man was shooting, Tobias had covered Natalie with his body.
The shot struck Tobias' body.
Luckily, Benjamin arrived in time and controlled the man.
Looking at the blood gushing out from Tobias' shoulder, Natalie panicked.
'Are you okay, Tobias? Don't scare me," Natalie said with tears.
"I'm fine," replied Tobias. It sounded like he was gritting his teeth. "I won't die," said Tobias.
The man said that it was alright, but his blood was flowing at a terrifying speed, which made one feel flustered.
Tobias was sent to the hospital.
The entire hospital was completely sealed off because of Tobias' arrival.
All the medical staff were not allowed to leak any news about the incident that happened to Tobias.
Natalie was waiting outside the operating theatre.
She had been crying and it was only later that she stopped crying.
She knew that it was useless to cry there but she could not help crying and hating herself.
She could not help him.
If she had not suddenly broken in, Tobias would have subdued the man.
If she had not grabbed the man's gun, Tobias would not have been shot.
Natalie hated herself so much.
"Miss Godfrey, it's no big deal for Mr. Whitlock. You don't have to worry about it," Benjamin said and comforted Natalie on one side.
Natalie nodded with tears all over her face. She asked, "What's going on? Who wants to kill Tobias?"
Benjamin wanted to say something but stopped.
"Tell me, Benjamin," said Natalie.
Finally, Benjamin blurted it out.
It turned out that the matter was related to Natalie.
Initially, Tobias intervened because of the relationship between Natalie and Qasim. No matter how hard Mr. Lawson begged, it was useless.
Qasim was the only child in his family.
In the end, Mr. Lawson was still mad. He found the killer to kill Tobias for revenge.
Natalie hated herself more after hearing that.
It was because of her again, she thought.
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