Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

Natasha calmly took a sip of her drink.“Your face isn’t worth that much anyway.”

“Pfft.” Sadie laughed out loud.

That line hit with double meaning. First, Matthew was clearly on Olivia’s side.

To him, even if Natasha and Sadie had done nothing wrong, they were guilty by association–and his obnoxious mouth didn’t help his case either.

Second, power in the Hill family now rested with his cousin Ramona. Matthew, once a lawless brat who thought the world revolved around him as one of the only legitimate heirs, had been crushed under Ramona’s rise in the past two years.

Out in public, Matthew really didn’t have much face left.

Matthew’s face turned dark. ‘These two have tongues like blades.’

But thinking of his real purpose, Matthew held it in and waved over a server. “Drinks,” he ordered.

Soon, a spread of colorful cocktails was placed on the table.

Natasha turned them down without hesitation. “Not sharing a table.”

Matthew cursed under his breath. ‘Damn it. Do I look like I need to share a damn table to get

drinks?‘

“Natasha, you were behind that whole thing with the hired trolls a while back, weren’t you? Drink all this tonight and I’ll let it go,” Matthew said.

“Let it go?” Natasha shot back. “Who cares what you do?”

Even before this, Matthew had never once gone easy on her.

Every time she clashed with Olivia, Matthew was the first to come charging in like a rabid dog. Natasha had gotten used to it by now.

Matthew pushed on. “Alright, let’s make a bet. If you last longer than me, I’ll leave you alone for three months and even buy you a car. But if I win, you need to apologize to Olivia for an hour.”

“Not betting, Natasha replied flatly.

Matthew; “Fine, just ten minutes of public apology”

Natasha: “Not playing.”

Matthew snapped, “What, scared of losing?”

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glance. “Please. That kind of reverse psychology doesn’t

how can this woman be so damn annoying?‘ Matthew thought. Just like Olivia

beyond reason, Matthew got to his feet and started pacing

you drink or not, you’re

walk out of here

bar’s

hit

crushed Matthew’s reputation within the family, outside he was still a young master of the Hill family–and

drink, but they’re a little icy tonight. Whoever gets them to drink

at Natasha. ‘Don’t want the easy way? Let’s see how you like the hard one. The guys tonight aren’t

up. They didn’t have Matthew’s kind of cash–thirty

on the table and swallowed hard. Then all

even after hanging around bars for years,

A young man’s

Hill offering you a drink–it’s called respect. Come on, let

But before he could even touch her, a hard leather clutch slammed into his

Blind mutt–who the hell do you think you are, touching

glass of liquor at another guy who’d been eyeing her

with

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guys looked ready to fight back–but the

move, and they knew the

‘Anyone bold enough to defy

coldly. “Matthew, using dirty tricks on women like that? No wonder the Hill family doesn’t take

face darkened. “Seventy thousand

hesitated. One of them, clearly more cautious, asked carefully, “Mr. Hill, you know these

be scared of? One’s a fake heiress whose dad doesn’t even love her. The other

the women up and down. “The only thing valuable about them is their looks. Who knows what they’re like in

Matthew doubled down. “Bet none of you know she’s

his head, cutting off his attempt to drag Sadie out of the

and beer mixed and ran down his face. Through the sticky warmth, Matthew saw Natasha’s smile–bright,

I’m mentally unstable, then you should also know that legally, I

something