Chapter 47

Chapter 47

“Natasha.” Alexei’s magnetic voice drifted down from the stairs.

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Alexei leaned lazily against the banister, his eyes smiling as he reached out his hand to her. “Let’s go.”

Natasha rushed over excitedly. “What took you so long?”

She was honestly speechless. This family was so scheming, even the little kids were full of tricks.

Alexei glanced at the twins, who looked guilty as sin.

They were one of his uncles‘ kids.

He felt that they probably figured Natasha looked young and easy to fool, so they sent the kids over to fish for information.

If that didn’t work, they wanted to cozy up to her and get her to put in a good word for them

later.

However, Natasha was impenetrable. No matter who tried, she never took the bait.

A smile flickered in Alexei’s eyes as he looked at the complaining Natasha and gently ruffled her hair. “Did anyone give you a hard time?”

Natasha shook her head.

They’d tried, but they had failed.

He chuckled softly. “Alright, let’s go.”

Nobody was worth for him to stop for a chat. The whole room just watched in silence as they walked away.

As they walked out of the Turner Manor, Natasha glanced back before getting into the car.

This place looked gorgeous and grand on the outside, but all she could sense was a thick stench of rot lurking beneath its beautiful surface.

In the car, Alexei turned to Natasha.

He asked, “So, what were you chatting about with them?”

Natasha put on a dead–serious face. “How to handle a spy crisis.”

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He laughed. “Didn’t you say you’d always have my back? Was that just talk?”

Natasha shook her head, dead serious. “There is no way!

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I barely know those people. You’re more important to me. If you ever get into a fight with them, I’m taking your side.”

He asked, “So, if you get closer to someone else, you’d ditch me for them?”

“Yeah, that’s how it works.”

how close are

bit. Truth be told, they didn’t know each other that well. She’d

then she thought about how much they’d crammed

even met his parents

picked something in the middle. “We are as close

He just gently pinched her earlobe, his

matter how close they were now. Sooner or later, he would

He was always patient.

to become the

still a while before the birthday party kicked off. Technically, as the star of the night, Natasha was supposed to head over to the Clark

back to her apartment to crash and

followed her

natural thing in the world. Natasha didn’t say a word, just gave him a long,

innocent. “The couch is covered in

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her hair and makeup later, Lisa and the others had left

go home and get some rest, just come back a little

as seriously as she

show up and go through the motions. She had no intention of playing along with their

insisted on doing her hair and makeup, she would’ve just

room in the apartment, and the couch

him around later tonight, so she

freshly changed pajamas, staring

before. Don’t worry, I promise I won’t

in surrender.

realized that there was that one night when, for no reason at all, they somehow ended up

over their boundaries, Natasha figured there was no point fussing

waved her hand with authority. “You

the scheming at noon had drained her. Even with Alexei lying right there, Natasha was out like a light

as her breathing slowly grew steady. Suddenly, his

a bottomless lake, were churning with

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soundly, each sticking to their own side, until Lisa and the

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rang the doorbell that

By the time they finally rolled up

Natasha had blocked them, she had no clue they were blowing up

taken them off her block list, and every single

still nowhere to be seen. They were starting to

Natasha didn’t want to come, she could’ve just said so. Why

face turned ugly. “She’s

bit her lip, looking worried. “What

doesn’t want to

I will just announce the engagement when the

if Natasha doesn’t show up at all, they’re still determined to marry her off to the Wright

are a family by blood, after

it kind of bad for the bride–to–be to be missing? Maybe we should just

goes as planned.” Lucas Wright’s cold voice cut through

jaw tight,

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