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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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

Alexei to be so good at cooking, which 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

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

had to admit defeat.

people had their reasons. Not only did he recover like a freak,

cooking and eating together at home was something she hadn’t

dinner, Natasha automatically cleaned up. Once she washed her hands, she saw Alexei sitting on the couch, beckoning her over like she was a

dragged her

doesn’t try to

time they’d cleared the dishes, he’d cherry–picked the hottest call recordings–real fire–breathing performances with primo

side by side with Natasha on the couch, Alexei tapped

through the speaker after getting absolutely

in power for years, living the high life. No one had ever dared to curse him to

back. “Blind, incompetent, ungrateful, disgraceful…” The insults came rapid–fire, no

the phone? Nope. Switching to a backup

like they had a hacker on standby,

was so loud that others at the party caught snippets, shooting weird looks their way. The humiliation was

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humiliated, had to

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barrage of insults-“homewrecker, fake heiress, shameless gold–digger, two–sided bitch, unworthy of the international stage…“–until she literally coughed up blood from

even captured Noel and Lucas frantically hitting the

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

“Don’t worry, boss. Unless they go off–grid for the next few days, we’ll haunt them like ghosts. Full three–day service guaranteed. I’ve timed it–2 days, 23 hours,

Not only did they do their homework, but they

a creative array

‘Lesson learned.

cracked after just one hour of heat? Man, the coming days are gonna be

was seriously impressed after hearing the recorded insults. The

imagining himself being chased and yelled at like that made him furious

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

attacks, but this move? It

recording. She’d just

the effect was next level, and she felt so

the hell would be happy getting randomly screamed at? But for her,