Tobias said, "Natalie, I miss you so much. How is it possible that you don't miss me at all?"
He sounded serious.
Thump! Thump!
Natalie's heart rate doubled.
Tobias said that he missed her!
Natalie's lips moved.
She wanted to tell Tobias that she was lying to him. In fact, she missed him a lot.
However, she did not say it out loud.
She wanted to uphold her self-esteem.
Since Tobias refused to say that he loved her, Natalie did not want to let him know how much she loved him either.
At that moment, a loud noise sounded.
"Where are you now?" Natalie asked.
"I just returned to the hotel," Tobias said.
Hotel?
Natalie remembered that Tobias mentioned he was resting at home, so why was he at a hotel?
"Didn't you say that you have a house in the United States?" Natalie asked.
"Yes, but now I'm in Washington, so I'm living in a hotel here."
"Oh, I see."
"How are you doing at home?"
"I'm fine. I have everything I want."
Natalie thought to herself, "I have everything I want, except for you."
"Natalie, you've put on a little weight. Do you know that?" Tobias suddenly asked.
Natalie was stunned.
She had never noticed that.
Everyday since she married Tobias, she ate good food and did not have to work, so it was not a surprise that she had grown fatter.
However, Natalie continued to ask, "How did you know?"
Tobias answered calmly, "I've known this for a long time. When I touched you, you feel chubbier."
Natalie was speechless.
What did he mean by 'when he touched her'? What a b*stard!
Natalie's face turned red and she replied, "I won't let you touch me anymore! You'll only laugh at me!"
When she finished talking, she realized that something was wrong. Wasn't she supposed to scold Tobias when he said something like this?
When she replied to him, it sounded like she was flirting with him.
Natalie really wanted to slap herself across the face.
She thought, "Natalie, you dummy. Why can't you even talk properly?"
"Natalie, you're my wife, so you should let me touch you," Tobias replied in a serious tone.
Natalie's face turned redder and redder.
"You..." Natalie stuttered for a long time.
"Am I wrong, Natalie? Hm?" Tobias asked with a slur.
"I don't want to talk to you anymore. I'm hanging up!" Natalie felt really embarrassed, but she did not know what else to say, hence, she threatened him with hanging up.
"Natalie, don't hang up. I want to talk to you. I won't tease you anymore," Tobias said immediately.
Natalie's eyes flashed with a hint of a smile.
In fact, she did not want to hang up the call. She was only scaring Tobias.
"How much do you miss me?" Natalie asked.
"As much as you miss me."
Natalie was taken aback.
How did Tobias know that she missed him?
Natalie was a straightforward person, therefore, she asked, "How did you know that I miss you?"
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