My Heart only Beats for You (Natalie Godfrey) novel Chapter 578

Natalie suddenly felt a rush of anger surging in her.

She suppressed her emotions and forced a smile, "It's not that. Don't think too much, Hayden. We are out here today to have fun."

No matter how smart Hayden was, he was just a child.

At the thought of having fun, Hayden immediately forgot about everything else.

That day, Natalie and Hayden played to their hearts' content.

Natalie had given Hayden the chance to taste all sorts of foods that he was not allowed to eat back home.

Hayden took a huge bite out of his hamburger and said, "Natalie, you're the best. Daddy doesn't allow me to eat these. He said that fast food is not good for me."

Natalie ruffled his hair lovingly, "Of course, they are not good for you. But it's okay to eat them occasionally."

After that, they took a stroll down the streets. As they walked along the sidewalk, they saw someone distributing some flyers.

The person handed her a flyer and she accepted it.

After all, she was aware that distributing flyers on the street was a tiring job.

She stared at the flyer in her hand. It was a photo of a little boy smiling brightly at the camera. He was wearing an Ultraman costume.

Hayden peered at the flyer, his eyes immediately lighting up the moment he saw the costume. He quickly snatched the flyer from her hands.

"Natalie, why can he wear Ultraman's clothes?" He pointed at the boy on the flyer.

"This is only a photoshoot," She replied.

On the other side of the flyer was a family photo of the little boy and his parents.

A hint of sadness flashed across Hayden's eyes.

He said nothing and returned the flyer to Natalie.

"What's wrong, Hayden?" Natalie immediately asked. She could see that he was not in a good mood.

Hayden's lips trembled.

She crouched beside him and stared right into his eyes, prompting, "What's wrong, Hayden? Would you like to talk about it?"

Hayden lowered his head, fidgety as he muttered, "Natalie, I have never taken a family photo before. Like the one in the flyer."

His words hit Natalie hard.

She felt a lump forming in her throat.

Clasping his hand in hers, she suggested, "How about we go take some photos right now?"

Hayden looked up at her expectedly.

"Really?"

"Really," Natalie nodded.

Hayden instantly grew excited, "Then let's ask Daddy to come! There are three people in the photo. Can the three of us take a photo together?"

Natalie hesitated slightly.

Hayden looked at her and pleaded, "Natalie, please? I want to take photos like the one in the flyer."

Natalie stared into his eyes. Those huge, round eyes were filled with hope. She could not bring herself to refuse him.

She pulled out her phone and called Tobias.

Tobias picked up instantly.

"Natalie," Tobias answered almost instantly.

Natalie clutched the phone tightly and forced the words out of her mouth, "Tobias, can you come here now? Hayden wants to take some photos with you. Can you come over?"

"Sure," He did not hesitate at all.

"When will you arrive? Meet me at the..." Natalie looked around and searched for a landmark.

When she whipped her head around, she suddenly spotted a familiar figure.

It was Tobias. He was standing about 200 meters away from them.

His tall figure stood out in the crowd, attracting lots of attention.

Natalie froze when she saw him.

She lowered her hand.

At that moment, Hayden saw Tobias too.

"Daddy!" He rushed towards Tobias with open arms.

Tobias crouched down and took him into his arms.

"Daddy, did you hear my wish? You came here as soon as I wished for you to take photos with me. You must have heard my wish, right?"

When he noticed the smile on her face, his mood suddenly improved too.

"Natalie," He called out her name softly.

Natalie was too focused on watching Hayden that she did not hear him calling her.

"Natalie," He repeated himself.

This time, he raised his voice.

Natalie snapped back from her little daze and turned to look at him.

"Yes?"

"We might have to wait for a long time. Are you bored?" Tobias asked.

"Not at all. I'm happy to watch him having fun."

With that said, Tobias' eyes glimmered with some hope.

"Natalie, Hayden will be overjoyed if he knows that you are his biological mother," He muttered.

That effectively caused Natalie to halt in her tracks.

She was silent for a moment before she replied, "No. You are wrong."

Tobias snapped his head to look at her in shock.

"If you were to tell him that I am his biological mother, he would start to ask you questions. He would want to know why you hid this from him. He would ask you why you told him that his biological mother was dead all this while. He would even ask where I had been for all these years. Tobias, how do you plan to answer these questions?"

Tobias found himself feeling ashamed under Natalie's intense stare and logical questioning.

"Natalie, I will explain to him slowly," He tried to persuade her.

Natalie started blinking furiously, attempting to hold back her tears, "What's done is done. We can't turn back time and fix our mistakes."

She didn't know how to tell Tobias about how she felt.

She almost died of a broken heart after what had happened.

When she regained her memories after the amnesiac episode she had, she felt as if she had been reborn anew.

She was suddenly able to see through a lot of things.

Tobias kept mentioning that the incident was just a misunderstanding, but so what? Her heart was already dead, and it could not be put back anymore.