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?"

phone was safe, carefully suggested, "Maybe

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

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

him a glare. "Zip

few cautious steps

gathering his courage, dialed her number again. Hearing it ring calmed him down-Natalie hadn't blocked this number yet.

she pick up?!" Darren licked his lips, feeling frustrated. Just

Natalie finally answered, "Speak."

to explode with anger, but somehow, he forced himself to change

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

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

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

to wait, then there's nothing to talk about," she shot

he wouldn't be dealing with this nonsense. "Fine." Darren wanted to see just how

the group. Bye. Before he could say anything else, Natalie hung up. She

and the group chat was

I just like one

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

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

abs again? Like everyone else doesn't

222: [@Queen Natalie,

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

messages kept 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

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