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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?"

relieved that his phone was safe, carefully suggested, "Maybe

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 she gonna

on you," Tony said honestly, "and

a

took a few cautious steps back, too scared

it just insulted him. Around five minutes later, he suddenly moved and, gathering his courage, dialed her number again. Hearing it ring calmed him down-Natalie hadn't blocked

licked his lips, feeling frustrated. Just then, the

Natalie finally answered, "Speak."

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

she spoke, it got under his skin. Darren held back his anger and said, "Grandpa wants to see you at home tomorrow. Just a

tongue. "Mr. Luther, things aren't the same as before. If you want to meet me, you'll

guys are after you? This line thing is just

you aren't willing to wait, then there's nothing to talk about," she shot

dealing with this nonsense. "Fine." Darren wanted to see just how far she'd push him. With a

group. Bye. Before he could say anything else, Natalie hung up. She opened her messaging app, easily added

group chat was buzzing.

like one girl, but why are there so many

long as Nat isn't married, we've still got

new guy; I'm just

88 is showing off abs again? Like

Natalie, wanna

Introduce yourself! Share your stats! Show us your abs!

pouring in, making Darren's

the 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 name "

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