My Heart only Beats for You (Natalie Godfrey)

Natalie's breathing paused for a second.

It turned out that this man was looking out for her.

As his shirt was wet with her tears, he was worried that she would feel uncomfortable in his embrace.

However, Natalie had stopped crying, so she was embarrassed to be hugged by him again.

Men and women were different species. It was the middle of the night and they were not only sharing the same bed, but she was also in Tobias' arms. The atmosphere was ambiguous. "I, I'd better not," Natalie said awkwardly.

Tobias's tone was faint. "If you feel sad, just let me hold you. Tonight is a special case. I'll embrace you just this once, but there won't be the next time."

Natalie's eyelashes trembled in the darkness. After a while, she did not hesitate to ease herself into Tobias' arms again.

Tonight was a special night. She should just cherish every moment in this man's warm embrace. When she felt helpless and sad, someone was willing to hold her close. There was no reason for her to reject him.

Tobias, who had taken off his shirt, was radiating heat. Natalie felt a strange sensation coursing through her with his skin touching her skin in such an intimate way.

"Can you lower your face a little?" A moment later, Tobias suddenly said.

He seemed to be struggling to suppress something deep within him.

Natalie was stunned briefly and did not respond for a moment.

"Your mouth!" Tobias sounded like he couldn't breathe normally.

Only then did Natalie realize that her mouth was pressed on Tobias's chest.

She was flustered. She immediately turned her face away and leaned her head against Tobias' chest.

"I'm sorry." Natalie apologized.

She had inadvertently taken advantage of Tobias.

Tobias said nothing as if he was trying to calm himself down.

There was a moment of silence that lasted for a while, and both of them could hear each other's breathing and heartbeat.

In the thick of the silence, Natalie's mood was finally brightening up bit by bit.

She comforted herself, "Don't be sad anymore. It's all over. There's nothing to be sad about."

Natalie was not a melodramatic woman. She was invincible!

"How did you get those scars on your hips?" In the quiet darkness, Tobias suddenly asked her.

He didn't intend to ask Natalie about this because he felt like this was Natalie's painful secret.

No one would gladly show their bloody wounds to others. Tobias wanted to respect Natalie, so he had initially decided not to say anything about this. However, at that moment, he suddenly changed his mind.

Since he wanted to help Natalie pull out the thorn in her heart, he should not be afraid that Natalie would experience some pain.

Sometimes, you need to fight poison with poison.

Even if he pretended not to know about those scars, this would not help Natalie.

On the other hand, Natalie's breathing paused in an instant.

She had thought that Tobias did not see those scars, but she did not expect that this man had seen everything.

"Did you notice them?" Natalie's voice was very soft, and it was infused with an unspeakable embarrassment.

At the thought of exposing such an ugly part of her body to Tobias, Natalie had an indescribable feeling.

Only then did she realize that she had asked a dumb question.

If Tobias didn't see her scars, then why was he asking her about it at that moment?

"Yes." Tobias decided to just answer her useless question without any qualms.

"What happened?" Tobias's tone was very bland. It was as if he was asking about something very ordinary. Instead of making a fuss about it, he enticed Natalie to relax gradually.

"I don't know what happened either," Natalie answered in a low voice.

She wasn't lying to Tobias. She really didn't know how she got those wounds on her hips.

She only remembered that when she woke up one day. She felt a burning pain on her hips and the sheets were full of blood. She was so scared that she burst into tears as she ran out of her house.

At that time, she was still living in a bungalow. The neighbors next door came to check on her as soon as they heard her wails. As a result, they were all shocked when they saw the wounds on her hips. Natalie's buttocks were covered with deep wounds. The sight was gruesome.

The neighbor begged Madison to send Natalie to the hospital.

Madison didn't even spare her a glance as she barked, "This kid is thick-skinned. What do you mean I should send her to the hospital? She'll recover swiftly on her own. It's a waste of money to go to the hospital!"

After that, she also glared at Natalie and scolded, "B*tch. You'd better stop crying. You are just pretending to be pitiful so that I'll send you to the hospital and spend money on your treatment. You good-for- nothing!"

The neighbors couldn't bear to see Natalie like this. In the end, they all accumulated some money to send Natalie to the hospital. The doctor was also shocked when he saw the wounds on Natalie's hips. He suspected that someone had slashed her repeatedly with a sharp blade, resulting in the wounds.

"What kind of heartless person would do such a thing? They are not human." The nurse cried when she applied medicine to Natalie's wounds.

Everyone had asked Natalie about it, but Natalie didn't know the cause at all.

All she knew was when she woke up, she felt an intense burning pain on her hips, and her sheets were dyed red

In the end, due to the serious nature of the matter, the hospital informed the police.

At first, the neighbors thought that it was Madison who did it. After all, Madison had been beating Natalie for a long time. However, according to the police's investigation results, Madison wasn't proven guilty, nor was it done by anyone in the Godfrey Family.

In the end, the investigation continued for a long time, but they couldn't conclude it. The whole matter gradually became insignificant.

Due to Natalie's incident, Madison was interrogated by the police for a few days. After Natalie returned home, she was beaten up by Madison once again for putting her through those troubles.

Natalie was telling Tobias about her past in a casual way. She didn't talk about it in detail. She just briefly described what had transpired.

The more Tobias listened, the more frightened he felt. Most children were spoiled during their childhood. He couldn't imagine what Natalie had experienced during her childhood.

After so many years, these scars were still so significant. It showed that Natalie was severely injured back then!

Tobias didn't know how little Natalie shouldered this kind of pain!

Another question occurred to Tobias suddenly.

Who on earth inflicted these scars on Natalie's hips?

If the culprit was Natalie's family, the police should have been able to catch them. The strange thing was that Natalie didn't know anything about it.

Tobias's intuition told him that things were not as simple as they seemed. There must be a catch somewhere along the lines.

"Are those scars ugly?" Natalie suddenly asked in a low voice.

Tobias put his doubts aside for now as he replied, "Well, they are hideous."

Her originally pale and tender snow-white butt was forever covered with centipede-like scars. The sight was not very pleasing to the eyes.

Natalie fluttered her eyelashes and said, "Your response was not what I expected."

"What were you expecting?" Tobias asked subconsciously.

"In the novels about presidents that I have read, if the heroine has any flaws, even if her face is disfigured, the hero will act very affectionately and tell her that she is always beautiful no matter what." For some reason, Natalie always unknowingly associated Tobias with those stories about domineering presidents.