My Heart only Beats for You (Natalie Godfrey)
Chapter 776

Tobias then added, "I love you in the past and present. As long as it's you, I'll like it."

"Mm," Natalie muttered in acknowledgement. That simple syllable enveloped endless sweetness.

"Natalie, I can't come home tonight," Tobias suddenly mentioned.

It caught Natalie by surprise.

She had only expected that Tobias would not be home for dinner. She didn't expect that he wouldn't come home at all that night.

Her eyelashes trembled. "But... our wedding tomorrow is at twelve o'clock..."

"Natalie, I'll be back tomorrow morning," Tobias assured her, as his tone got deeper. "I'll definitely rush back tomorrow morning. Don't you worry. Your groom won't go missing."

Natalie was relieved.

Tobias' reassurance was all she needed. There was nothing for her to worry about.

"Okay, I'll be waiting for you tomorrow."

After she hung up, Natalie told Cecilia and Selina that Tobias would not be coming home that night.

Selina had been absent-minded since their previous conversation, so she didn't pay attention at all.

Cecilia frowned and said, "Just what is it that's got him so caught up to the point that he can't even come home tonight? That's nonsense."

She had never heard of a case where the groom would only show up on the wedding day.

As she had already passed the phone to Natalie shortly after they started the phone call, she simply could not figure out what Tobias could be so busy with.

Meanwhile, Natalie was then calming Cecilia down. "Auntie, I'm sure Tobias is really busy. If not, he wouldn't be away from home tonight. He's been so busy with work on top of the wedding preparations. He is only human, after all."

Speaking of this, Natalie got a little embarrassed. "Maybe I have indeed been too fickle. All I've been thinking about is a big surprise on the wedding day. He has been the one preparing for the wedding, and I haven't been helping much."

Cecilia bursted out in laughter as Natalie spoke. "What nonsense are you spouting, silly girl? A woman should feel like a princess on her wedding day. This is when he should work hard. What's the point of his efforts if he can't give you a surprise?" Natalie smiled.

She was truly blessed, she thought to herself. Cecilia would always side with her and think from her point of view.

Not many mothers- in- law would be able to do that.

Hayden chipped in as he chewed on a meatball. "Mom, if my dad isn't coming home tonight, I'm sure he's preparing the biggest surprise ever for you tomorrow."

Cecilia continued to put another meatball onto his plate. "What would you know, kiddo?"

Hayden rolled his dark round eyes. "Of course I know. I know everything!"

Natalie's eyes were glistening. "I'm sure you're right, Hayden. He must be planning a big surprise for me."

Her mind drifted to the other night when Tobias mentioned giving her a surprise. However, he had not mentioned what kind of surprise it was.

Could that be the reason why he was not able to come home that night?

The corners of Natalie's mouth curled up slightly.

She was getting a little curious about what the surprise would be.

Selina was unusually quiet throughout dinner, and she rushed back to her bedroom as soon as she finished eating.

Even Hayden could tell that something wasn't right.

After Selina went into her bedroom, Hayden turned to look at Cecilia and Natalie with his wide eyes. "Is something wrong with Aunt? Why does she look unhappy?" As expected, mothers knew best.

Cecilia's eyes flickered.

After a moment, she sighed and said. "Don't worry about her. It's her fate."

With Selina's family background and her appearance, she would have no problem replaceing the best man in the world, one that would spoil her.

However, what happened to her was...

That was simply fate.

"Auntie, I'll go check on her." Natalie stood up as she spoke.

Cecilia shook her head and said, "Forget about it. You don't have to."

Natalie was still insistent, so Cecilia didn't say anything more.

Natalie knocked on Selina's bedroom door gently.

"Come in." Selina didn't sound too good.

Natalie went in.

Selina forced a smile at Natalie. "I'm going to sleep soon. You should go to bed early too. You're going to be a bride tomorrow."

Natalie looked out the window. "It's not even dark yet. Are you going to sleep already?"

Selina bit her lip.

She stared at the sky. "The sky isn't dark yet, but why I feel so gloomy?"

Natalie held Selina's hand as she sat beside her. "Selina, it's really bright. There's so much light out there, you just can't see it. Stop trapping yourself in your own world."

Selina forced another smile. "What do you mean? You're talking as if I'm depressed. I'm Selina Whitlock, okay? I'm the most cheerful person ever!"

Natalie stayed silent.

If she hadn't heard Selina crying by herself the other night, Natalie might actually have believed what she said.

"Selina." Natalie's gaze fell on her. She continued with a firm tone. "Do you remember when we first met?"

A hazy streak flashed through Selina's eyes.

The first time she had met Natalie.

That was many years ago. She was only 19 years old at that time. What a young age.

The corners of Natalie's lips curled up subconsciously. "The first time I saw you, you were walking down the stairs in a royal dress. I was stunned. I had read so much about princesses and how they should look, but I didn't know what one would actually look like in real life. It was that moment when I saw you for the first time, I finally understood. That was what a princess looked like." Natalie wasn't bluffing at all.

The moment she saw Selina, she genuinely thought that Selina was a little princess.

Selina smiled in embarrassment. "You're exaggerating, Natalie."

Natalie remained serious. "It's true, Selina. I was thinking that a perfect girl like you would definitely have a perfect love story."

Selina held her breath.

"Do you all think that he's not a good man?" she asked softly.

Natalie didn't answer her.

She had never met the guy, and she didn't know much about him. However, judging by the way Cecilia and Tobias spoke of him, she had come to a conclusion that he was definitely not a great guy, and he was a match for Selina.

The look on Natalie's face gave Selina her answer.

She smiled bitterly, and a sudden flash glinted in her eyes.

She turned back the clock to a long time ago, many, many years before.

"I've studied in prestigious schools ever since I was a child, and middle school was no exception. When I was 15, a senior transferred to our school."