After a long time, she finally uttered two words softly. "Thank you."
Her words gave rise to a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
"Natalie, you don't have to thank me. I just hope that you can forgive me one day. I will try my best to make it up to you," Tobias said gently.
Natalie's fingertips trembled.
She toughened up and replied, "Tobias, that's impossible. I will never forgive you."
A dimness flashed in Tobias' eyes, then disappeared quickly like a dragonfly skimming the water surface.
"I'm going to work. Have a good rest. If there's anything you need, let me know."
Natalie bit her lip and said nothing.
After watching Tobias leave, Natalie hauled herself upstairs, drained from the morning's events.
She opened the paper bag.
Inside was steaming coffee and warm, sugary donuts.
Natalie stared at the coffee and donuts.
Why did she accept his breakfast? She should have thrown it directly into the trash can.
Since she'd decided that they had to go their separate ways, she should have thrown it out...
Natalie heaved a huge sigh. She put the coffee and donuts in the fridge and cooked herself some noodles.
At noon, a heavy knock sounded at Natalie's door.
The knock was continuous and urgent with quick, sharp raps.
Natalie opened the door and saw Shaney standing outside.
Shaney looked very anxious as she asked, "Natalie, do you know what happened to Sebastian? He wouldn't have offended any gangs, would he?"
Natalie was taken aback.
She immediately said, "Auntie, calm down for a moment. What happened?"
A fretful Shaney then recounted what had happened to Natalie.
When it was almost noon, Sebastian came to Shaney's house with bags of groceries, declaring that he wanted to personally make lunch for
Natalie. Shaney helped him from the sidelines, of course.
But someone called him as they were cooking.
Sebastian immediately excused himself and left.
Seeing Sebastian leave in a hurry, Shaney worriedly watched him through the window. She saw him get into a car, where there a few other men in black who looked like bodyguards. They all looked ferocious and intimidating.
"Natalie, why would Sebastian know these people? He's always been the honest type. You didn't see those men with your own eyes. They were all tall and strong like gangsters." Shaney rubbed her hands. "I called Sebastian, but his phone was turned off. Now I don't know what to do. If I still can't get in touch with him, I'm calling the police."
Natalie's brain buzzed at once.
She suddenly remembered what Tobias had said to her last night.
Could it be that Sebastian was taken away by Tobias' men?
Natalie was in a panic.
If Sebastian was indeed taken away by Tobias' men, Tobias only needed to snap his fingers to get rid of Sebastian. It was that effortless for him.
She hurriedly said to Shaney, "Aunty, don't worry, I'll go and find Sebastian now."
She ran downstairs and called Tobias, but nobody answered.
Natalie tried to call Benjamin instead, but no one answered as well.
Natalie had no choice but to grab a taxi to YS Group.
Along the way, she was anxious and fuming.
She was anxious because she was afraid that something would happen to Sebastian.
On the other hand, her anger was directed towards Tobias.
She didn't expect that Tobias would really do such a thing when she was just having a meal with her classmate.
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