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 is

on, mind your own business. If you keep bothering me, does that mean you have feelings for

of yourself. There's no way I'd

fall for me;

"Don "Well, good! Just Darren narrowed

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

he headed toward

stairwell. Her eyes were filled with anger. The person who heen with Darren in the stall was none other than Natalie. She was desperate to know their relationship. She had worked so hard to get to this point -she was finally about to

returned to the live-streaming studio right as the performances were wrapping up. Besides those who were

happen next: the contestants needed to form teams. The six members of Group A would select teammates based on their rankings. The contestant who ranked first in

a member of a girl 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 already figured out that the two in the bathroom were Tessa and Chloe

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said she had a

They quickly chose contestants based on rankings until their team

Natalie was ranked C, which wasn't too low. But when others

many could match her looks. Second, it was because of her performance. Picking her meant they'd just be in the background. No one was dumb, so Natalie ended up getting left out along with the other unselected members, automatically joining Group Six. The leader of Group

voice, but she didn't catch her name. Natalie glanced at her name tag: Susan "Alright, teams

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 to Tessa. "This time, her group is full of misfits and leftovers;

was

multi-talented, but Natalie

being somewhat capable, the rest didn't seem to stand a chance. Even though Natalie could dance, this time, 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 so long, but he hadn't even touched her. No matter how much she hinted for him to stay

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