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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 suggested, "Maybe you

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

hang up on you," Tony

shot him a glare.

cautious steps back, too scared to

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

Darren licked his lips, feeling frustrated.

Natalie finally answered, "Speak."

anger, but somehow, he forced

got under his skin. Darren held back his anger and said, "Grandpa wants to see you at home

her tongue. "Mr. Luther, things aren't the same as before. If

after you?

there's nothing to talk about," she

minute!" If it weren't for his 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,

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

chat was buzzing. Members popped up, surprised to see a new

one girl, but why

sweat it! As long as Nat isn't married, we've still got

about the new guy; I'm just waiting for

showing off abs again?

Natalie, wanna touch

Share your stats! Show us your abs! Show us

messages kept pouring in, making Darren's

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 the group name " MyBackup Boyfriends," he'd think he stumbled into

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