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"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?"

was safe, carefully suggested,

might not know her story, but I do. She acts all high and mighty around them, but tries to boss me around?" Darren scoffed, "I'm calling her Natalie. What's

could hang up on you," Tony said honestly, "and block

a glare. "Zip

few cautious steps back, too scared

five minutes later, he suddenly moved and, gathering his courage, dialed her number again. Hearing it

won't she pick up?!" Darren licked his lips, feeling frustrated. Just

Natalie finally answered, "Speak."

explode with anger, but somehow, he forced himself to change how he spoke. "Ms. Xavier." "Yeah?" Natalie replied, sounding lazy. "What

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

"Mr. Luther, things aren't the same as before. If you

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

to wait, then there's nothing

wanted to see just how far

else, Natalie hung up. She opened her messaging app, easily

work, and the group chat was buzzing. Members popped

just like one girl, but why are

As long as

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kept pouring in, making Darren's head

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 name " MyBackup Boyfriends,"

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