Chapter 17

Natasha had already scrolled through her call log.

Seeing who had called, she wasn’t the least bit surprised.

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Clearly, her mom hadn’t had enough of their morning argument, and now everyone in the family had taken turns blowing up her phone. Even Matthew Hill, Olivia’s simp, had jumped in. News of her beating Olivia into the ER must’ve spread fast.

Just glancing at the list, she could already guess what those calls were about.

If Alexei worked for her, that shit would totally qualify for workers‘ comp.

But he was a capitalist.

“So, did you scold them back for me?

“If none of them got scolded back, how am I supposed to vent? And how can I reward you?” Natasha spread her hands, playing dumb shamelessly.

Alexei seemed thoughtful. “So, if I were to scold them back, you’ll repay me?”

“Duh,” Natasha answered offhandedly.

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Shawn hung up, squinting at his phone in bewilderment.

After

task.

years as a personal assistant, he’d never received such a ridiculous–no, downright childish-

‘Seriously, childish.

‘What kind of CEO, when pissed at someone, just hires a bunch of professional scolders to call and

curse them out?

‘Based on past experience, anyone who crossed Mr. Turner would at least end up with broken limbs or bleeding–if not worse, like their whole family going bankrupt and getting abandoned by everyone. Shawn couldn’t wrap his head around it.

This soft, almost playful approach was downright eerie.

But orders were orders. He immediately rounded up a few smooth–talking scolding pros and had them take turns cursing out everyone on Alexei’s list.

Duration? As Alexei gave no specific timeframe, Shawn decided to start with a 72–hour roasting session first.

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hospital, Olivia, along with Noel and Lucas keeping her company, and Thomas wrangling the old property mess in Scrushire, the Clark couple at a last–minute dinner party, and Matthew drinking at a bar all

from a silver- spoon type who probably had bloodstains on his hands more often than flour. Honestly? He looked like he’d

of her–including

had to admit defeat.

only did he recover like a freak, but even household

hadn’t experienced in a long time. Strangely

washed her hands, she saw Alexei sitting on the

her feet.

of payment. So someone doesn’t

cleared the dishes, he’d cherry–picked the

by side with Natasha on the couch, Alexei tapped his

through the speaker after getting absolutely

for years, living the high life. No

didn’t hold back. “Blind, incompetent, ungrateful, disgraceful…” The insults came rapid–fire,

phone? Nope. Switching to a backup number? Still

a hacker on

at the party caught snippets, shooting weird looks their

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couple, thoroughly humiliated,

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rare curses

heiress, shameless gold–digger, two–sided bitch, unworthy of the international stage…“–until she literally coughed

recording even captured Noel and Lucas frantically hitting the

losing it. A half–hour screaming match later, he

few days,

do their homework, but they

heard such a creative array of insults

‘Lesson learned.

heat? Man, the coming days are gonna be entertaining,‘ she

hearing the recorded insults. The method

imagining himself being chased and yelled at like that made

to

physical attacks, but

Alexei calmly close the recording. She’d just tossed out the idea

had to admit the effect was next

all, who the hell would be happy getting randomly screamed at? But

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