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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and Thomas wrangling the old property mess in Scrushire, the Clark couple

type who probably

the three dishes in front of her–including spicy

had to admit defeat.

he recover like a freak, but even

cooking and eating together at home was something she hadn’t experienced in a long time. Strangely enough,

Once she washed her hands, she saw Alexei sitting on the couch, beckoning her over like she was a

dragged her

of payment. So someone doesn’t try

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

by side with Natasha on the couch, Alexei tapped his

voice blasted through the speaker

the high life. No one had ever dared to curse

incompetent, ungrateful, disgraceful…” The insults came rapid–fire, no

phone? Nope. Switching

a hacker on standby,

caught snippets, shooting weird

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Clark couple, thoroughly humiliated, had

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dropped some rare curses before smashing his

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

Noel and Lucas

lasted less than two minutes before losing it. A half–hour screaming match later, he got so mad

next few days, we’ll haunt them like ghosts. Full three–day

did they do their

creative array of

‘Lesson learned.

these clowns cracked after just one hour of heat?

who initially thought this move was childish, was seriously impressed after hearing

yelled at like that

Shawn secretly plotted whether to arrange a premium insult

preferred physical attacks, but this

eyes sparkled as she watched Alexei calmly close the recording. She’d just tossed out the idea casually, never expecting him

had to admit the effect was next level, and she

be happy getting randomly screamed at? But for her, that