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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?"

his phone was safe, carefully suggested, "Maybe you should

high

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

a glare.

few cautious steps back, too

glaring at the phone like 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 this number yet. But as the rings kept going, he couldn't shake off the feeling of anxiety. She

licked his lips,

Natalie finally answered, "Speak."

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

it got under his skin. Darren held back his anger and said, "Grandpa wants to

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

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

there's

minute!" If it weren't for his grandfather's orders, he wouldn't be dealing with this nonsense. "Fine." Darren wanted to see just how far she'd push him. With a relaxed tone, he asked,

say anything else, Natalie hung up. She opened her messaging app, easily added Darren to a

group chat was buzzing. Members popped up, surprised to

A newbie? I just like one girl, but why are there so

[Don't sweat it! As long as Nat isn't married, we've still

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

showing off abs again? Like everyone else doesn't

[@Queen Natalie, wanna

your stats! Show

pouring in,

he scrolled through 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 " MyBackup Boyfriends,"

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