Tobias' gaze darkened. "Remington, why can't you understand? It's not a matter of whether I agree or not, the choice is up to Rudopth. Love can't be forced."
"I'll force it!" Remington stared at Tobias. "It's just like how you want to be with Natalie, but I won't let you and her be together!"
"Remington, are you done?" Tobias suddenly raised his voice.
"Are you going to kill me if I'm not?"
"You think I don't dare to?!" Tobias' gaze turned even colder.
He grinned nonchalantly. "If you kill me, you can give up on getting the antidote." He paused and added, "Even if you don't kill me, I still won't give you the antidote."
Tobias' entire face darkened, like the calm before the storm.
Simon walked to Tobias's side. "Tobias, you can't talk to him. Your words will only make him more agitated. Why don't you and Miss Godfrey leave first and let me try to talk to him?"
Tobias glanced at Simon, who gave Tobias a confident look.
Natalie gave Tobias a glance. After a while, Tobias and Natalie left first, and Simon had the bodyguards leave with them.
At the door, Natalie kept her distance from Tobias.
"Natalie, I could have been crueler to him," Tobias suddenly said. "But you're right. After all, we are still brothers of the same blood, and my father has let his mother down. If Simon can persuade him to give him the antidote, it would be the best-case scenario."
If it were someone else, Tobias would not use this kind of negotiation method. However, it was Remington... Natalie's eyes were filled with worry. "After seeing the state Remington is in, I'm not sure whether Simon will be able to do anything."
Tobias didn't say anything, and his lips were tightly pressed together.
After a while, Simon finally came out.
His expression was entirely helpless.
"Simon, how was it?" Natalie asked in a hurry.
Simon shook his head. "Remington is too agitated right now, and he's very reluctant to talk to me. He won't let me hypnotize him at all. There's not a
single thing I can do."
The hope in Natalie's eyes faded away when she heard Simon's words.
After a moment, a hint of determination suddenly flashed across her eyes. "I'll give it a try."
Tobias immediately objected.
"No, Natalie. It's dangerous."
Natalie shook her head. "Tobias, it'll be fine. If Remington really wanted to hurt me, he would have done so when he locked me up. I believe that he wouldn't hurt me, no matter how agitated he is, so just let me try. After all, we all want to solve this problem in the best way possible, right?"
A hint of hesitation flashed across Tobias's eyes.
"Natalie, you'd better not go. I've already informed my father and Grandpa about this. Perhaps they will find a way to solve this problem when they come."
Upon hearing Tobias's words, Natalie felt that there was even more reason for her to go herself.
She said to Tobias, "Tobias, if that's the case, then I want to go even more. Remington already thinks that your father has let his mother down. Perhaps the arrival of your father would agitate Remington even more, not to mention that Peter also has a hot temper. It'd be even more impossible for him to even persuade Remington."
Simon agreed with Natalie. "Tobias, just give Miss Godfrey a chance. Since she's also one of the main reasons that Remington has become like that, perhaps letting her give it a try might be useful."
Tobias was silent for a moment.
"Tobias, no matter whether you agree or not, I will still go in and talk with Remington," Natalie said firmly.
Tobias finally compromised.
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