Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

Chapter 27

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Dylan muttered under his breath, ‘Seriously? Is she his wife or something, and that he just called

her over?

‘He had said she was just a business partner. But now? Damn!‘

Curling his lip, Dylan decided to pretend he hadn’t seen anything. Honestly, he was getting more and more eager to see the day Alexei’s face got slapped hard.

Meanwhile, Natasha dropped Sadie off at her place, and had barely arrived back at her apartment when Alexei’s video call came through.

Alexei was wearing a black robe, his broad chest partly exposed. His black hair was slightly mussed, like he’d just been pulled out of bed, softening some of his usual cold sharpness.

“Isn’t it the middle of the night over there?” Natasha asked, puzzled.

Alexei was studying her through the camera. Since she’d been to a bar, Natasha was wearing a red, fitted mini dress.

The dress showed off her fair collarbones and long legs–slim yet with just the right curves, her waist small enough to fit one hand.

Now, when Natasha leaned in toward the phone, her features were magnified–blond hair, porcelain skin, arched brows, and red lips, like a little temptress straight out of a dream.

Alexei thought sourly, ‘How come she never dressed like this when I was around?‘

Alexei completely forgot that back then, they were basically homebodies and wouldn’t bother dressing up at home.

Of course, with her looks, Natasha could pull off both the bare–faced kind of beauty and the glamorous kind.

Alexei’s momentary distraction passed. He said, “Sit back a little. Let me see your arm.”

In the video Dylan had sent, Alexei saw a guy swing a bottle at her from behind, and Natasha blocked it for the woman next to her. After that, she’d lowered her head and clutched her arm.

Still confused, Natasha stepped back. ‘What’s with him, going crazy in the middle of the night?

‘Asking to see a girl’s arm like that–does he not realize how creepy that sounded?‘

But then Natasha glanced down at the scratch on her upper arm and suddenly understood. Her first instinct was to check her clothes and jewelry. “Did you put a tracker on me?”

‘Otherwise, how would he know I was hurt?‘ Natasha wondered.

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gave it some thought. “Not

over her chest. “I refuse. Personal privacy,

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quite the show tonight,” Alexei said. “Some

looked at the cut. “I leave for

me, thanks,” Natasha replied, looking innocent.

his eyes. ‘Letting Natasha drink

resisting the urge to touch

voice carrying a hint of coaxing that felt strangely intimate

phone camera to hide her flushed face, Natasha scolded softly,

is light and teasing,‘ Natasha

curved. “Just giving you a preview of what it’s like to

couch, he reminded her. “Don’t press on it. Take care of it before you

a shower and put some

need,” Alexei replied. “I’ve already called a

can just wrap

to someone, then looked back at her. “She’s already there. Co

calculating the

pleasant–looking unfamiliar woman standing there.

half expected Dylan to show up instead. With

inside.

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bandaged the cut on Natasha’s arm but also

neatly written instructions on sticky notes placed where

had the video call on the whole

been through all kinds of injuries–even the time her father whipped her into the hospital–yet she’d never been treated with such

fact, it felt kind of nice. Natasha mumbled into the

to win you over, then my job’s going

the slightest twitch

don’t you just crash here for the night?” Natasha asked

it didn’t feel safe for a woman

come out in the middle of the night because of her–she was even in loungewear–so Natasha felt a