From Divorce To Dominance (Natalie Xavier)

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"Yeah, Natalie sighed, feeling drained.

Now it made sense why she'd been acting so weird lately. Darren snorted, "But let me tell you, don't bother! I'm not marrying you again." You b

"Yeali You

better drop those plans to mess up my wedding! Or else you'll be sorry!"

"Yeah. Are we done?" Natalie packed her makeup bag. "I'm leaving now. Mr. Luther, you didn't really follow me to the ladies' room just for some privacy, did you?" She winked playfully and held out her hand. "After you-don't hold it in!"

Darren's expression turned serious at that and he changed the subject. "Hold on. You still need to explain about that sugar daddy." He'd overheard the earlier chat between two ladies.

There was no way Natalie had that much cash; with her flashy lifestyle, it was clear she was having a sugar daddy. "I can't believe you've sunk this low. No wonder you won't leave Greton, he said, disgust clear in his voice. "So who's this sugar daddy!" Even though he didn't t care about her, the idea of her being someone else's mistress bothered him.

A sly smile appeared on Natalie's face. "My grandpa lived to be 120. Wanna know why?"

She was clearly dodging his question, but Darren blurted out, "Why?"

"Because he didn't meddle ddle in other people's affairs."

Darren was sat a a loss for words

I mean

with you. From now on, mind your own business. If

There's no way I'd ever like

fall for me; I wouldn't know

"Don "Well, good! Just Darren narrowed

that she was trying

toward the exit. He called

of the stairwell. Her eyes were filled with anger. The person who heen with Darren in the stall was none other than Natalie. She

right as the performances were wrapping up. Besides those who were eliminated, sixty contestants

form teams. The six members of Group A

group and super talented, she led by a huge margin and quickly formed her team. After two more picks, it was Tessa's turn. Natalie looked up. She had

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when they said she had

contestants based

But when others started picking teammates, everyone suddenly preferred contestants from

the background. No one was dumb, so Natalie ended up getting left out along with the other unselected members, automatically joining Group Six. The

glanced at her name tag: Susan "Alright, teams

two groups would end up with the same song. Natalie's team, by sheer bad luck, ended up picking the same song as Tessa's group. The strength difference between the two groups was obvious, and most members of Group Six looked disappointed. Seeing this, Chloe couldn't resist

was

was multi-talented,

they were dead meat. They had to show off high notes. dance moves, and Meanw Vivian couldn't help but grin when she saw Natalie join Group Six. When she noticed that Natalie drew the same song as Tessa, her mood got even better. Looked like she wouldn't have to do anything, someone else would make Natalie unpopular for her. Her main focus now was to win Darren's heart. It was funny that they'd been together for

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