My Heart only Beats for You (Natalie Godfrey)
Chapter 607

Hayden was really such a little devil. Natalie wondered where he'd learned it from.

On the other side, Cecilia interrupted and said, "Hayden, is Natalie pretty then?"

"Of course she is!" Hayden immediately shouted. "Natalie's the prettiest girl I've ever seen. She's even prettier than the prettiest girl in our class."

Natalie was at a loss for words.

She stared at Hayden. "Hayden, how do you already know about all of this stuff at your age?"

Hayden grinned at her, looking like a mini-sized adult. "Of course I know about all this. I'm the most handsome boy in our whole kindergarten. Plenty of girls think of me as their ideal lover, you know." Natalie was rendered speechless again.

Hayden was elated, boasting, "In the future, I will definitely be as handsome as my Daddy. When the time comes, I will charm the pants off plenty of women."

Natalie, who had just taken a sip of milk, almost spat it out.

"I'm going to the bathroom." Natalie excused herself.

Natalie went to the bathroom to wash her face. When she came out, she saw Cecelia standing by the doorside.

Natalie's breathing hitched.

"What's the matter?" She looked at Cecilia.

Cecilia had deliberately stood here to wait for her.

Cecilia nodded.

Her eyes fell on Natalie's face, and she spoke gently. "Seeing you and Hayden talking and laughing at the dining table like that just made me a little emotional. How nice it would be if we could always be like this, and the family could be happy together. Don't you think so, Natalie?"

She looked at Natalie with hope.

Natalie's thick and long eyelashes trembled slightly.

Cecilia continued, "I know you still have a lot of things that you can't get over, but Natalie, the past is in the past, and people should learn to move on, don't you agree? Wasn't it nice to see how happy everyone was just now?"

"Yes, it was." Natalie raised her eyes. "But Aunty, do you know how and why I came here? Do you know what Tobias did to me yesterday?"

Cecilia froze at Natalie's words.

She had asked Tobias this the night before and knew that Natalie did not come voluntarily, that Tobias had forced her to.

"Natalie." Cecilia softened her tone. "No matter what Tobias did to you, it was because he loved you so much. Can you understand?"

"I can't understand!" Natalie retorted coldly.

The day before, she'd been the one at fault initially. She shouldn't have just rushed to Tobias' company without getting ahold of the situation.

But Tobias went too far after that.

He'd just forced himself onto her, right on the seat in the meeting room, and even pressed the answer button, so Sebastian could clearly hear the sounds of them colliding.

Though Sebastian was a pedantic bookworm who might not understand, that did not mean that Natalie would not feel embarrassed or anguished.

"People can't hurt others unscrupulously in the name of love." Thinking of what happened the day before, Natalie's expression became colder.

A tinge of pain flashed in Cecilia's eyes.

She lowered her voice. "Natalie, can't you forgive Tobias? He has his own pain and hardships too."

Natalie could sense the pain in Cecilia's voice.

After all, she was not a hard-hearted person.

Natalie bit her lips and said bitterly, "I wanted to forgive him too. Although he's handsome and rich, it's a pity that we're just not meant to be. Even God doesn't want us to be together." Speaking of this, Natalie paused. She looked at Cecilia seriously and asked, "Aunty, do you believe in fate?"

Cecelia's gaze froze.

Fate...

Natalie said in a somewhat bleak tone, "Aunty, I think that it is destined that Tobias and I are not suitable for each other. That's why fate caused so many things to happen to us, don't you think? People can't fight against God's will. We can only give in to it."

"Natalie, that's just a misunderstanding."

"But why do these misunderstandings happen just to us?" Natalie retorted.

Cecilia's face was deathly pale. "Natalie, it's all my fault. If you want to blame someone, blame me."

Natalie shook her head. "Aunty, I don't blame you. It's just that God really doesn't think that Tobias and I are a good match." "Natalie, let bygones be bygones. Perhaps things will work out perfectly in the future, and the two of you will be happy..."

"No, that's not going to happen." Natalie pointed at her chest and said, "Aunty, do you know how deep my wound here is? It hasn't healed until now. I don't have the courage to take any more risks. I'm afraid that if my wound is torn apart again even before it's healed, I won't be able to take it."

"Natalie..."

The anguish was evident in Natalie's eyes. "Aunty, it's too painful. I'm really scared. I really don't want to give it another try." Cecilia's heart ached for her dearly.

She could not help but hold Natalie's hand. "Natalie, I know how much pain you're in. It's all my fault. That's enough."

Natalie took a deep breath.

She looked at Cecilia. "Aunty, if you really care for Tobias and I, please help me talk to him. Ask him to come to his senses and don't be so hung up on me. A well-bred man like himself can choose from countless women. He doesn't need to waste all his time on me."

Cecilia's face blanched and she could not say a word.

Natalie wanted to drop Hayden off at kindergarten, and Tobias wanted to accompany her.

Natalie did not object.

She wouldn't make things too difficult for Tobias in front of Hayden.

When they arrived at the kindergarten, they happened to meet Hayden's class teacher.

The class teacher took the initiative to greet them. "What a nice surprise to see both Hayden's Mommy and Daddy today!"

Natalie was a little embarrassed and did not know how to answer. However, Tobias replied with a friendly nod.

Natalie changed the subject and asked Hayden's class teacher about Hayden's situation at the kindergarten.

Tobias and Natalie had to leave when it was time for class.

After saying goodbye to Hayden, Tobias subconsciously held Natalie's hand as they turned around to leave. Natalie's breathing hitched.

She pulled her hand away when she was out of Hayden's line of sight.

A trace of disappointment flashed in Tobias' eyes.

"Natalie, are you still unable to accept me?"

Natalie bit her lips. "Mr. Whitlock, you're asking me whether I can accept you after doing something like that to me yesterday? Don't you think you're being ridiculous?" Tobias stopped in his tracks.

He faced Natalie and said bitterly, "I'm sorry about what I did to you yesterday, but you've really pushed me to the brink of insanity."

When it came to Natalie, all his control and rationality would fly out of the window, and all that was left was just a mess.

His behavior could not be controlled by his intellect at all.

Natalie bit her lips even harder.

The blood rushed to her lips.

Her voice was sarcastic. "Mr. Whitlock, you're overthinking things. How can a man so mentally strong as you be driven insane? If either one of us were to be going nuts, it'd be me."