Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

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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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

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

at the three dishes in front of her–including spicy chicken wings tailored to

had to admit defeat.

their reasons. Not only did he recover like a freak, but even household chores were a breeze

eating together at home was something she hadn’t experienced in a long

Once she washed her hands, she saw Alexei sitting on the

her feet.

someone doesn’t

time they’d cleared the dishes, he’d cherry–picked the

side by side with Natasha on the

Andrew’s furious voice blasted through the speaker

for years, living the high life. No one had ever dared

the caller didn’t hold back. “Blind, incompetent, ungrateful, disgraceful…” The insults came

Didn’t work. Turning off the phone? Nope. Switching to a backup number? Still got

had a hacker on standby, covering all

so loud that others at the party caught

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couple, thoroughly humiliated, had to slink away

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some rare curses before smashing his phone in

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

captured Noel and Lucas

lasted less than two minutes before losing it. A half–hour screaming match later, he got so mad at losing the verbal brawl that he smashed the

the next few days, we’ll haunt them like ghosts. Full three–day service guaranteed. I’ve timed it–2 days, 23 hours, and

only did they do their homework, but they billed

heard such a creative array of insults in her

‘Lesson learned.

of heat? Man, the coming days are gonna

move was childish, was seriously impressed after hearing the recorded insults. The method might be naive, but

himself being chased and yelled at like that made him

the results of his work, Shawn secretly plotted whether to arrange a premium insult package

attacks, but this move? It

eyes sparkled as she watched Alexei calmly close the recording. She’d just tossed out the

had to admit the effect was next level, and she

who the hell would be happy getting randomly screamed at?