Chapter

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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

Xavier? Does she deserve that? Other people might not know her story, but I do. She acts all high and mighty around them,

up on you," Tony said

him a glare.

few cautious steps back, too scared to say

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

pick up?!" Darren licked his

Natalie finally answered, "Speak."

ready to explode with anger, but somehow,

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

aren't the same as before. If you want to meet me, you'll have to wait your

guys are after you? This line thing is just

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

wanted to see just how far she'd push him. With a relaxed tone, he

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

after work, and the group chat was buzzing.

193: [Whoa! A newbie? I just like one girl, but why are there

As long as Nat isn't married, we've

guy; I'm just waiting for Nat to

is showing off abs again? Like everyone

[@Queen Natalie, wanna

[Newbie. Introduce yourself! Share your stats! Show us your

kept pouring in, making Darren's head

face went from calm to shocked as 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

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