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

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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

mean

you. From now on, mind your own business. If you keep bothering me, does that mean you

of yourself. There's no way I'd

you said. Please don't fall for me; I wouldn't know how

"Well, good! Just

as he watched her walk away. He thought that she was trying to tease him and

his head and pulled out his phone as he headed toward the exit. He called Tony.

was none other than Natalie. She was desperate to know their relationship. She had

right as the performances were wrapping up. Besides

members of Group A would select teammates based

two more picks, it was Tessa's turn.

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they said she had a

contestants based on rankings until their team

C, which wasn't too low. But when others started picking teammates, everyone

they'd just be in the background. No one was dumb, so Natalie ended up getting left out along with the other

name. Natalie glanced at her name tag: Susan "Alright, teams are set. Now, can each team leader come forward to draw lots for the song for the next performance?"

the stage was a big box. The six team leaders took turns approaching it. Since this was a team competition, it was likely that 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 gloating

was

Tessa was multi-talented,

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 so long, but he hadn't even touched her. No matter how much she hinted for him to stay over, he always said he wanted to save that special moment for their wedding night. Those words had once touched her, but now she was tired of waiting. She needed to lock down her

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