Seeing how nervous Natalie was, Tobias caressed her head and said, "Natalie, you don't have to be so nervous. The wedding won't be so soon. Preparations for it will take at least two months. You still have some time to be mentally prepared."
Although he said so, her heart was still in a mess.
Natalie returned to the Whitlock family's apartment.
She needed to process all the things that had happened that day.
For example, the fact that she could hear the synthetic voice on the other end of the phone call.
Also, there was the fact that Tobias suddenly told her that he wanted to have a wedding with her.
Natalie's mind was in such a mess that she dropped her food several times while she was eating.
When Tobias saw the state that she was in, he felt helpless but he also had the urge to laugh.
He set Natalie on his lap and said, "Natalie, let your husband feed you."
Her heart started to race upon hearing the word "husband".
Tobias fed Natalie one mouthful at a time.
She also obediently ate mouthful after mouthful.
In the blink of an eye, her happiness returned.
It turned out that she had over thought it.
He was still as doting towards her as before.
And she was still able to sit on his lap and be fed by him.
It was as if it was midnight, and Cinderella still had yet to return to her original self.
That beautiful dream- like state still hadn't ended.
Natalie was in a trance.
She did not know if she was dreaming or that this was reality.
"Natalie, open your mouth," Tobias whispered in her ear.
Her mouth remained closed.
All of a sudden, she gripped his hand tightly and said, "Tobias, I'm not dreaming, right? All of this is real, right?"
"It is."
As he spoke, his hot breath fanned across her earlobe, bringing about a numbing feeling.
Natalie's hand, which was holding Tobias', became tighter as she said, "I'm scared that everything is fake. I'm so scared at the thought of going back to my original state."
After Tracy found her, she felt that she had returned to her original state.
However, in just a few days, she found that everything had gone back to midnight.
She was still Cinderella with crystal shoes. She was still dancing with the prince.
"Natalie, everything is real," Tobias said in a low yet compelling tone, "I told you before that your dream would always continue, but I was wrong."
Natalie's breathing hitched.
He suddenly turned her to face him before he continued, "That's because this is not a dream. I am real and my feelings for you are real."
His voice was as sweet as a mermaid's song, which was fatally attractive.
At that moment, Natalie suddenly realized that she had completely fallen for Tobias.
She absolutely did not want to leave this man.
In the next moment, she hugged him tightly and said, "Yes, it's not a dream, it's real. Everything is real. I don't have to worry that the dream won't be able to continue because it's not a dream at all."
That night, Tobias asked Natalie to rest early.
Too many things had happened in the past two days, so she was exhausted too.
As soon as she laid on the bed, she immediately fell asleep; her breathing was soft.
He looked at her closed eyes and realized that her long and thick eyelashes were covering her eyes like a small fan. A gentle smile graced his face.
The smile stretched all the way to his eyes.
After a while, he left her bedroom.
His smile had disappeared.
There were some things that he had to do.
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