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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?"

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

Ms. Xavier? 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

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

a glare.

a few cautious steps back,

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

Natalie finally answered, "Speak."

cocky 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?"

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

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

"Are you kidding? How many guys are after you? This line thing

willing to wait, then there's nothing to

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, "So, how do

Bye. Before he could say anything else, Natalie hung up. She opened her messaging app, easily added Darren to a group chat, and then completely

the group chat was buzzing. Members popped up, surprised to see

A newbie? I just like one

As long as Nat isn't

care about the new guy; I'm just

88 is showing off abs

[@Queen Natalie, wanna touch

Show us your abs!

kept pouring in, making Darren's head

chat. He couldn't believe his eyes, thinking, 'What kind of weird group is this? Is Natalie really hanging out with people like this

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