Chapter

16

"No way," Darren said right off the bat. "Natalie wouldn't do that."

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Darren knew how much Natalie liked him; with her personality, she wouldn't dare block him. Raising an eyebrow, Darren confidently dialed her number again, but all he got was a cold beep. He scowled and tossed his phone onto the table, staring at it for a moment before suddenly shouting, "Tony! Lemme use your phone!"

Tony quickly handed over his phone.

Darren dialed Natalie's number, and to his surprise, it connected after just two rings.

"Who's this?" A sleepy voice came through the line. Of course, it was Natalie.

Grinding his teeth, Darren snapped, "Natalie, who told you to block me?"

His angry voice blared through the speaker, almost blasting her eardrum. The only time she remembered hearing a man sound so angry was with Darren. Natalie switched to speakerphone and held the phone a bit away from her ear, her tone steady as she asked, "Mr. Luther, can't you be a bit nicer?"

"What did you say?"

It hit Darren like a ton of bricks when he knew that she hung up him. He wanted to chuck the phone.

Seeing this, Tony quickly cleared his throat to warn Darren, "Uh, Mr. Luther! That's... my phone."

"She's got some nerve!" Even though Darren stopped himself from chucking the phone, he was still furning. "How dare she block me and hang up? Is she out of her mind?"

phone was safe, carefully suggested, "Maybe you should

deserve that? Other people might not know her story, but I do. She acts all high and

could hang up on you," Tony

him a

cautious steps back, too scared to say

at the phone like it just insulted him. Around five minutes later, he suddenly moved and, gathering his courage, dialed her number again. Hearing

pick up?!" Darren licked his lips, feeling frustrated. Just then, the ringing

Natalie finally answered, "Speak."

to explode with anger, but somehow, he forced himself to change

back his anger and said, "Grandpa wants to see you at home

clicking her tongue. "Mr. Luther, things aren't the same as

"Are you kidding? How many guys are after you? This line thing is just a game to

wait, then there's nothing to talk about," she shot

be dealing with this nonsense. "Fine." Darren wanted to see just how far she'd push him. With a relaxed tone, he asked,

hung up. She

the group chat was buzzing. Members popped

I just like one

it! As long as

new guy; I'm just waiting for Nat to notice me. Gonna look good

107: [Seriously? 88 is showing off abs again? Like

[@Queen Natalie, wanna touch

stats! Show us your abs!

kept pouring in, making Darren's

flood of abs pictures in the group chat. He couldn't believe his eyes, thinking, 'What kind of weird group is this? Is Natalie really hanging out with people like this every day?' If he hadn't seen the group

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