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But the humiliation didn’t end there.

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In less than two minutes, several bodyguards came out of nowhere, hoisted the tear–streaked Michelle, and swiftly dragged her out of the villa.

The whole process was so seamless and quick that Natasha and Michelle were both left stunned, unable to react.

Alexei’s soft chuckle came through the phone. “Five minutes. Looks like I get to keep my place here for now.”

Natasha thought, ‘Fine, you win.’

“Aren’t

you even going to ask what happened? What if you got the wrong person? What if I was the one picking on her?” Natasha asked.

Alexei’s tone was indifferent. “It doesn’t matter who’s right or wrong. As long as she gave you

trouble, it’s on her.”

She thought, ‘It was a little unfair, but still…‘

“Alexei, what am I supposed to do? Being your favorite actually feels pretty good,” Natasha said.

Alexei chuckled. “The future Mrs. Turner deserves a few special privileges.”

Thinking of the woman who had appeared out of nowhere, a dark glint flashed in his eyes.

Alexei said, “I’ll look into it. You did the right thing by coming to me. If anyone bothers you again, and you don’t want to deal with them, just kick them out.

“Don’t let anyone push you around. Natasha, that’s your home, your territory. Be a little

mean.”

His overbearing yet caring words were nothing like the rumors about the big bad boss who could make people wish they were dead with just a few words.

Shawn, seeing right through everything, stood nearby with a file in hand, quietly smiling,

The morning’s drama didn’t affect Natasha at all.

But when Alexei came home that night, he still made sure to tell her the whole story.

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Unity had a close friend, Rhea Pena, who was just as accomplished as she was on the cello. That friend was also incredibly gifted in dancing.

The two of them were both prodigies and gorgeous to boot, so people used to call them the twin stars of the arts.

Later, when Unity married into the Turner family, she disappeared from the spotlight.

Rhea, not knowing the real story, tried to convince her to return to the stage several times. but never succeeded.

a while, the two of

she was gravely ill and bedridden. Dereck just kept avoiding

was Rhea who handled all the funeral

Rhea thought Unity was being cold to her, so she stopped caring

learned through the grapevine about her

Turner family more than once, and even gave Dereck

mind.

her, Rhea would’ve just taken

Alexei was a kid, Rhea quietly supported him many times behind the

“Michelle is Rhea’s older brother’s

devoted her whole life to dance. She always treated Michelle as if she were

a couple of times ages ago. The so–called engagement was just Rhea’s

Rhea, but she won’t have any say in my

no idea when Michelle had ever

to the country because someone from the Turner family put

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hyping things up, they figured she’d get some kind of

even crossed Alexei’s

a word he said because

laughable. Too chicken to go up against Alexei themselves, so they just sent others

expected Michelle to be

kicked out the

and he ended up

more.

that Rhea’s full name?”

“Rhea Pena,” Alexei replied.

looked at him in

“You

Natasha nodded.

it hadn’t been for that accident, I might have become Ms. Pena’s protégée,” she

started painting, Natasha used

then, Rhea was the top dancer in

from Rhea. Rhea had even hinted

there were several other students, including Olivia,

the best among them to be her last protégée, To keep things fair, she decided to hold

foot. While it didn’t affect her

choice but to say

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to

why, but that year, Rhea didn’t end up

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dropped out, Olivia, who had been the frontrunner, was

time.

whisked her off to a famous travel stop for a vacation

a new direction in life, the regret wasn’t

be.

nowhere still left her momentarily spaced

followed their original course, you and I might have crossed

smiled, her eyes curving. “Looks like

hard to picture what they would’ve been like if

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