From Divorce To Dominance (Natalie Xavier)

Chapter 16

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?"

that his phone was safe, carefully suggested, "Maybe you should call her Ms.

Does she deserve that? Other people might not know her story, but I do. She acts all high and mighty around them, but tries to boss me around?" Darren scoffed,

on you," Tony said honestly, "and block

him a glare.

cautious steps back,

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

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

Natalie finally answered, "Speak."

tone, he'd think he owed her 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

got under his skin. Darren held back his anger and

same as before. If you want to meet me, you'll have to

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

willing to wait, then there's nothing to talk

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

on, I'll invite you to the group. Bye. Before he could say anything else, Natalie hung up. She opened her messaging app,

after work, and the group chat was buzzing. Members popped up,

like one girl,

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

care about the new guy; I'm just waiting for Nat to notice me.

is showing off abs

Natalie, wanna touch my

stats! Show us your abs! Show

in, making

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

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