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

I mean is

is I'm done with you. From now on, mind your own business. If you keep bothering me, does that mean you have feelings for

no

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

Darren laughed. "Don "Well, good! Just Darren narrowed

He thought that she was trying to tease him and said that

as he headed toward the exit. He called Tony. "Delete the surveillance footage

after, Vivian stepped I out of the stairwell. Her eyes were filled with anger. The person who heen with Darren in the stall was none other than Natalie. She was desperate

wrapping up. Besides those who were eliminated, sixty contestants had

would happen next: the contestants needed to form teams. The six members of Group A would select teammates

margin and quickly formed her team. After two more picks, it was Tessa's turn. Natalie looked up.

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said

They quickly chose contestants based on rankings until their

others started picking teammates, everyone suddenly preferred contestants from

getting left out along with the

she didn't catch her name. Natalie glanced at her name tag: Susan "Alright, teams are set. Now,

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.

was

multi-talented,

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

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