Despite all the horrible things in her way Nathalie made it home that night, and to her very surprise this time Kevin wasn't waiting outside her door, nor has she gotten any letter from him saying "PAY UP!!!"

This pleasant surprise was the only thing which made the assistant smile happily and truly for the first time in weeks.
This was her true happiness, and the pleasant disappearance of her landlord brought more joy to the assistant than her boss ever could in his whole entire lifetime.

Never has Nathalie felt so good then she felt when she was left alone for a few hours by herself, but then of course the woman had to get disturbed by the most aggressive knocking possible, and the pathetic shouting of her very annoying landlord.

"NATHALIE!!!! I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE BECAUSE THE LIGHTS ARE ON!!! NOW WHERE IS MY TWO MONTHS WORTH OF MONEY?!?!"

The assistant sighed as she shifted to the other side in her bed hoping that if she didn't respond then maybe Kevin would give up and leave her alone again, but of course he didn't.

"NATHALIE DO YOU HEAR ME?!?!?! WAKE UP YOU-"

Then suddenly the horrendous man's voice was cut off and the woman could only hear silent whispering in front of her door.
She worried what might've happened to her landlord who she hated from the bottom of her heart, yet then, another knock on the door was heard and Nathalie instantly grunted.

"MY FUCKING GOD KEVIN!!" She shouted "CAN'T YOU JUST FUCK OFF?!?!"

"Uhm Nathalie-" a different voice said from behind the door "I am not Kevin."

And immediately the assistant froze up as she recognized the voice very well.

"Nathalie? Nathalie answer me please! O-or open the door at least! Pretty please I want to talk to you!"

She still didn't answer her boss, instead the woman simply pulled her blanket over her head and ignored Gabriel completely.

Of course though after a good 10 minutes of begging the man himself realized that this wasn't gonna work, she didn't answer and wasn't going to, so with a disappointed sigh the designer turned around.

"Yell all you want but she won't answer." He told Kevin "But here" Gabriel handed the man a good amount of cash which suddenly brought a very wide smile onto the landlord's face "take this and don't ever ask her again for money or I'll get involved and you don't want that, understand?"

"Very well Mr Agreste!" Kevin agreed as he happily left with the most money that he has ever seen in his lifetime.
It was as if he had won the lottery.
He has never felt this lucky ever since he has began existing, nevertheless, even now Kevin was hungry for more money, so although he did agree with Gabriel that he won't bother Nathalie ever again, he still was planning to.

But as of right now, the landlord was totally satisfied with what he got, so he didn't do anything which could mess his luck up.

In the meantime the designer himself was trying to find ways to get his assistant's attention, he tried calling her, texting her and clearly showing up at her apartment.
All this effort spent to get her to answer yet she didn't even care.
So Gabriel could've given up, he could've just simply left, but he didn't, he found a hidden away, dark alley way, and transformed into Hawk Moth himself.

After that the super villian jumped up many rooftops just to find the perfect window which was slightly opened up and leaning into Nathalie's place, then once he found one, Hawk Moth carefully and quietly opened the window, squeezed himself through and into the apartment.
All done.
Now he just had to find the woman and explain to her that he wasn't a robber.
Except he couldn't even move because the second he got inside the man felt something sharp pressing tightly against his back.
It was like the tip of a sharp object...well to be exact...it was the tip of a kitchen knife which could've been a whole weapon considering the size of it.

"Do not move!" A female voice spat "I will literally stab you! No hesitation! You hear me!?!" Nathalie screamed to which Hawk Moth felt a bit intimidated, but he tried to act cool.

"Yes ma'am! I understand you loud and clear." The villian said in a not at all scared tone,
instead it sounded as if he was trying to flirt, which he was to be honest.

"Gabriel don't play with me! Why the fuck are you even here!?!?!"

"Well-...I couldn't just leave you after such a conversation we had at the mansion." He turned around completely ignoring the fact that his assistant told him not to move a couple of seconds ago.
He couldn't not look in her face, he needed to see her.
In fact as soon as he saw her, Gabriel felt relieved and even de transformed before rushing to take the knife away from her and hug Nathalie desperately.
"God I missed you." The man whispered placing a kiss onto the side of her cheek "And I'm so sorry for saying all the things I said! I-I-...it was not fair! I-I wasn't even thinking I just-"

"Sir it's alright! I told you that I'm fine without you!"

"No but Nathalie I'm not fine without you!" He cut her off, and suddenly the woman went speechless as she heard those words come out of her boss's mouth "I-I realized that I've survived a good amount of time without Emilie, and sure I miss her, b-but-...you know I'm fine without her, in fact so is Adrien. But you know neither of us would be fine without you! We both need you desperately! He needs you as a mother, and I need you as a-...as a assistant and as a friend...or maybe more...that deepens if you want 'us' to be more. Either way though, those few hours which you left me for...I was crying! I was going insane, okay? I-I needed you! A-and I don't think that I can ever go without you for even just a minute. S-so please...forgive me?"

By the end of it the assistant stared up at her boss with the most shocked face ever, her eyes getting watery again, her mouth slowly shifting into a smile, although she didn't want that.
Nathalie would've wanted to shake her head and push away her superior who was so close in front of her.
Yet she just couldn't do it.
She was stuck all over again.

To be continued-