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?"

safe, carefully suggested, "Maybe you should call her

but I do. She acts all high and mighty around them, but tries to boss me around?" Darren scoffed, "I'm calling her

on you," Tony said

him a glare. "Zip

a few cautious steps

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

his lips, feeling frustrated. Just

Natalie finally answered, "Speak."

somehow, he forced himself to change how he spoke. "Ms. Xavier." "Yeah?" Natalie

his anger and said, "Grandpa wants to see you at home tomorrow. Just a heads-up-don't be

the same as before. If you

kidding? How many guys are after you? This line thing is just a game to mess with

to wait, then there's nothing to talk

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

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

just after work, and the group chat was buzzing. Members popped up, surprised to see a new

one

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

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

88 is showing off abs

[@Queen Natalie,

stats! Show us your abs!

kept pouring in, making Darren's head

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

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