Chapter 711
In the ICU, Selina bbered on to Natalie, basically asking her to leave right this instant.
However, Natalie refused outright.
Cecilia had already expected such a response.
She had already guessed that persuading Natalie would not be so easy. However, she did not
expect Natalie to be so insistent. No matter how much Selina begged and urged, there was no room
for negotiation at all.
Selina panicked. She red at Natalie. "Natalie, if you don''t leave now, you''re going to end up in
Pelham River tomorrow, and your corpse will forever be stuck there! Is that what you want? You''re
still so young, with a bright future ahead of you. Do you really want to be just another corpse
floating in Pelham River?"
Natalie''sshes fluttered.
She said clearly, "I won''t leave. I want to be with him."
She wanted to stay with Tobias no matter what.
She would never leave him, dead or alive.
Selina finally lost her patience. "Natalie, are you out of your mind? There''s no way that Tobias is
going to wake up tomorrow with the way things are right now! My mom has already asked the
doctor, and there''s no chance of that happening! You''re just asking to get killed by staying here!
How can you be so stupid!"
Selina felt like she was going to die of exasperation.
This time was different from before. Peter was taking things seriously this time.
Selina and Cecilia wouldn''t be able to stop him, and Natalie was going to die for sure.
Now that there was an obvious way out for Natalie, how could she not take the opportunity?
In contrast to Selina''s panic and frustration, Natalie was silent.
She said calmly, "Whether he wakes up or not, I won''t leave."
At this, Selina let out a frustrated cry and pulled at her hair in exasperation.
She looked at Cecilia pleadingly. "Mom, you try."
A light glinted in Cecilia''s eyes.
"Natalie," Cecilia said softly. "Listen to me, if you leave now, you''ll still be alive. Peter isn''t joking
around this time, and you won''t be able to leave forever if you continue to stay here. Selina and I
won''t be able to stop Peter this time. Natalie, please think it through."
"Auntie, I won''t leave." Natalie''s eyes were determined. "I''m going to stay here. From the moment I
came in here, I didn''t n on leaving."
Her words rendered Cecilia speechless.
After a while, Cecilia said again, "Natalie, even if you don''t care about your own life, think of Tobias.
Has it urred to you that Tobias is going to be in endless pain if something were to happen to
you?"
Natalie''sshes fluttered violently.
After a moment, she sucked in a deep breath. "Auntie, if I leave today, I won''t be able to see Tobias
again, right?"
Cecilia remained silent.
Natalie was right. If she left right now, she wouldn''t be able to see Tobias ever again. Though Peter
wouldn''t take her life, he definitely wouldn''t give Natalie the chance to get near Tobias anymore.
Natalie smiled bitterly. "That''s why I can''t leave, Auntie. I have to stay here, even at the price of my
life. Since I''ve made a deal with Mr. Whitlock, I''ll stick to it. Please stop trying to persuade me to
leave."
She stopped speaking and turned to look at Tobias again.
His eyes were tightly shut, as incredibly handsome as always.
Natalie said softly, "I have faith in Tobias. I know he wouldn''t bear to see me lose the bet, and I
believe he will wake up tomorrow. He would not let me die like this."
"Natalie!" Selina snapped, "The doctor already said that he wouldn''t wake up tomorrow. Are you
saying you don''t believe the doctor?"
Natalie shook her head, "I believe in myself and Tobias."
"You''re mad, really mad!" Selina didn''t know what to say anymore.
Instead, she said to Cecilia, "Mom, maybe we should get someone to drag Natalie out of here."
She really didn''t want to see Natalie die for nothing.
Cecilia hesitated.
After a while, she said seriously, "Natalie, are you sure you''re going to stay here? Even if you have
to give up your life?"
"I will not leave, regardless of the price that I have to pay." Natalie''s tone was firm, without a
moment''s hesitation.
Cecilia let out a long sigh.
"Selina, let''s go."
Selina''s lips parted in shock, and she was tongue-tied.
When they stepped out of the ICU, Selina immediately said, "Mom, how could you just leave like
that? Natalie''s dreaming of the impossible, and there''s no way Tobias will wake up tomorrow. Do
you really want her to just die like that?"
A trace of sorrow shed in Cecilia''s eyes.
"Selina, do you remember what I told you about fate?"
Selina''s breathing paused.
Cecilia said bitterly, "Everyone has their own fate. Perhaps this is Natalie''s fate, and we can''t
change it. Since she has already made up her mind, we should let her do as she wants. Besides..."
She lifted her head, a glimmer of hope shing in her eyes. "As Natalie said, Tobias wouldn''t bear to
see her die. Maybe by tomorrow, he will really wake up."
Cecilia prayed for a miracle, like how Tobias had turned out to be alive after the explosion.
No one could ever be sure of how things would progress in the future. After all, miracles do happen
sometimes.
Later that night, Selina saw Natalie leave the
ward.
She walked out of the ICU, and out of the hospital.
Selina''s heart pounded against her chest.
Could Natalie have finallye to her senses? Was that why she was leaving?
Selina immediately told Cecilia what she saw.
A look of surprise shed across Cecilia''s face.
Previously, when the two of them tried persuading Natalie, she was firm with her decision.
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Cecilia had thought that Natalie would never leave and would stay until the next day.
However, Selina said she saw Natalie leave in the middle of the night.
Cecilia came back to her senses.
"It''s good that she left. Natalie is still young. She shouldn''t give up her life for this. Tobias would not
want to see her end up dead either."
Selina nodded heavily. "That''s why I''m so happy to see her leave. I didn''t even dare to call her
because I was afraid that she''d change her mind when she saw me."
Cecilia let out a soft sigh as well and said nothing.
However, to their utter surprise, Natalie came back two hourster.
This time, Natalie was holding a paper bag in her hand when she returned.
Selina was stunned beyond belief. Her jaw almost dropped to the ground when she saw Natalie
appear again.
She thought that Natalie had already left, and she could not understand why she came back.
She couldn''t help saying to Natalie, "Natalie, didn''t you already leave? Why''d youe back? You
shouldn''t havee back after leaving!"