Natalie came back to her senses.
She gave a smile. "Nothing, I just felt touched when I saw you and Selina, Mom."
Cecilia understood the meaning behind her words.
She said in a softer voice, "Natalie, you also have people spoiling you. Tobias dotes on you, and you're already like a daughter to me. Don't think about the past."
Upon hearing this, Natalie's eyes flashed with a trace of light, and she nodded her head eagerly.
Hayden ran over to them as well.
He tugged at Natalie's clothes. "Natalie, why hasn't Daddy come back yet? I haven't seen him for a long time."
Natalie's breathing hitched.
After a short while, she carried Hayden onto a dining chair. "Daddy is just busy. He will come home to be with you next time."
Hayden pouted. "Why is he so busy?"
Cecilia frowned a little, to which Selina casually added, "Hayden's right, why is he so busy? It's already been so long and he hasn't taken Natalie
on their honeymoon yet!"
Natalie's expression shifted slightly.
Cecilia cut Selina off. "Let's eat."
After eating, Natalie made a phone call to Tobias.
On the phone, Tobias' tone was as apologetic as before. He told Natalie that there were still a lot of things to deal with in the company, and he was still busy with work.
Natalie's voice was very calm. "You won't be back again tonight?"
Tobias answered in an even more guilty tone, "Natalie, I'm sorry."
"Tobias, I've prepared dinner for you, and it's all your favorites," Natalie said in a low voice.
Tobias' breathing became heavier on the other end of the phone.
"Natalie." It was obvious that there were some changes in his mood.
"That's all I'm going to say, and I'll wait until you come home. I will wait for you all night until tomorrow morning if you don't come back tonight." Natalie hung up, biting her lip.
Right then, the sky was already dark. Selina had gone back to her bedroom, and Cecilia went to play with Hayden. Natalie was simply sitting on the sofa and waiting alone.
She stared at the clock on the wall, watching every second and every minute pass.
After forty minutes, footsteps could be heard at the door.
Natalie suddenly stood up.
Tobias' tall and handsome figure appeared in front of Natalie.
She breathed a sigh of relief.
She let Tobias eat first.
Tobias asked Natalie to sit down, and he sat opposite of her, his expression solemn.
"Natalie, it's been hard on you for this period of time," he said in a low voice.
A tinge of guilt could be heard in his tone.
Natalie suddenly felt her nose grow sore.
She hadn't felt that it was hard for her before, but now that Tobias mentioned it, she indeed felt that extremely aggrieved.
No husband would be so busy with work on the second day of their wedding, not to mention delaying their honeymoon. In addition, not long after having a wedding, he didn't even come back home. No wife would be as calm as her in this kind of scene.
She was willing to compromise with him because she trusted him, and because of her love for him.
"Tobias." Natalie's eyes fell on Tobias' face. She looked at him seriously. " I want to ask you, you still love me, don't you?"
Tobias put down his utensils in his hand, his gaze deep. "Natalie, my love for you will never change."
Natalie took a deep breath. "That's good. Then let me ask you, are you hiding something from me?"
A ripple, deep as a bottomless abyss, welled up in Tobias' dark eyes.
Natalie stared at Tobias. "Why weren't you wearing any clothes when I went to your office today?"
The expression on Tobias' face turned gloomy.
Upon hearing that Tobias did not answer, Natalie bit her lip. "Not to mention, a woman came out of your office, right?"
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