Natalie's heart was flooded with an emotion that she had never experienced before.
This was not the first time she had hugged Hayden. However, this was the first time that she had hugged him after knowing that he was her son.
She could not describe what she was feeling.
"Natalie, when Grandmother asked me to drink the glass of milk just now, I didn't want to. Then she told me that you would come to see me if I drank it. It's true!" Hayden chattered excitedly.
"See, I didn't lie to you! Natalie is here now," Cecilia chimed in.
Cecilia was only joking at that time as Hayden kept asking her when Natalie would come. She didn't expect Natalie to really come.
Hayden nodded vigorously and continued, "Grandma didn't lie to me, and you didn't lie to me either. Yesterday, you said that you wanted to bring me out, and you really came!"
Natalie stood up and clasped Hayden's hand in hers, smiling, "Let's go have some fun."
Cecilia offered to get them a driver, but Natalie rejected the offer.
"How are you supposed to drive around without a driver?" Cecilia asked curiously.
"Auntie, Hayden has been living a lavish life. I hope that he can experience the life of ordinary people too," Natalie explained.
Cecilia was considerate, so she didn't say anything else.
When they were about to leave the villa, Natalie suddenly thought of something.
"Auntie, can Hayden come and sleep over at my place tonight?"
"Natalie, you can just come and stay over," Cecilia immediately suggested.
Natalie shook her head.
Cecelia hesitated, considering trying to convince Natalie further.
Eventually, she nodded and caved in, "Oh well, Hayden has been requesting to sleep over at your place for quite some time."
With that, Hayden grabbed his tiny backpack in delight and followed Natalie out of the house.
He had filled his backpack with Ultraman toy figures.
"Natalie, do you know what's in my bag?" He pointed to his backpack and asked.
Natalie flicked her gaze to his backpack and shrugged, "I don't know, Hayden. What's in it?"
Hayden flashed her a proud grin and declared, "It's our token of love!"
Natalie stared at him in confusion.
"Ultraman toy figures," He took them out one by one and showed them to Natalie.
They finally reached the bus stop after some time.
Just then, a bus arrived. Natalie held Hayden's hand and led him into the bus.
She handed two coins to the conductor.
Hayden's eyes widened.
"Natalie, it turns out that adults are just like children! You still need to hand over game tokens in exchange for a ride," He exclaimed.
Natalie couldn't help but laugh out loud.
She explained to Hayden patiently, "It's not a game token. It's a coin."
She fished out a coin from her purse and showed it to him.
Hayden tilted his head and stared at the coin in bewilderment.
He shook his head and asked, "Why doesn't Daddy have one? Why have I never seen him with such things?"
Natalie felt stunned the moment Hayden brought up Tobias' name.
"Natalie, why doesn't Daddy have it?" Hayden stared at her with his huge, dark eyes.
"Why would someone like your dad need a coin?" She mumbled.
Only ordinary people like her needed to have coins and small change on her.
Tobias and Natalie belonged to two different worlds, but fate had brought them together.
However, it seemed like God didn't approve of their relationship and created the misunderstanding to force them apart.
"By the way, do I need to call Daddy and tell him that I am out with you?" Hayden suddenly asked.
"No," Natalie immediately answered, "Your grandmother will tell him."
The minute she said that, she knew that she was wrong.
It was Hayden's right to call Tobias and talk to him. She shouldn't have stopped him from making his own choices.
Although she wanted nothing to do with Tobias, he was still Hayden's father.
"If you want to call him, just do it," Natalie eventually changed her mind.
Hayden immediately pulled out his phone happily and called Tobias.
Tobias picked up in an instant.
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