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“Have someone cripple her legs,” Alexei said coldly.

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If Natasha couldn’t dance, then Alexei would make Olivia forget about ever performing on stage for the rest of her life.

The Clark family always prided themselves on Olivia’s dancing career. Alexei wanted to see what kind of faces they’d make when they saw Olivia crippled.

He wondered if they would be just as heartbroken as they were when Natasha was injured.

But Natasha shook her head. “Not yet.”

“You have a plan?” Alexei asked.

Natasha said, “Yeah. If she retires because of an injury, she’ll always be the untouchable goddess in everyone’s eyes.

“But I want to tear off her mask, crush her pride, and make her so disgraced that no one would even pity her.”

Natasha wanted to make everything she obtained through scheming slip through her fingers, right before her eyes, with no way to get it back.

“Destroy her from the inside, cut her down with a dull blade. That’s what you taught me,” Natasha said, winking mischievously.

Alexei smiled and ruffled her hair. “It’s your move now.”

After a pause, he added, “Shawn’s at your disposal.”

“Alexei,” Natasha said while throwing herself at him and wrapping her arms around him.

She rested her chin on his arm and looked up at him. “Do you want to see me dance?”

Maybe it was just the feeling of having someone believe in her completely that made Natasha suddenly feel a spark of excitement.

Back then, when she felt utterly hopeless, she’d even thought about never dancing again.

But as she slowly started down a new path, she learned to heal herself, bit by bit, over the

years.

No one cared about her. If she hadn’t found a way to pull herself out, she would’ve drowned in that pain for good.

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The peace

she felt now was only because she’d already survived the worst of it.

She realized that there was always more than one road in life.

Alexei looked at her little head resting on his arm and smiled.

He knew that she was fragile, but also tough.

“After we get back?” he asked.

Natasha thought for a moment and shook her head. “Maybe in a few days. I’m not ready yet.”

Her family didn’t have a dance studio, and she hadn’t brought any of her practice clothes or gear to the villa.

She felt a sudden surge of motivation. If she was going to dance in front of Alexei, she had to give it her best.

of a pro

plenty of teachers had

chuckled. “Whatever you say,

topics, the tension from earlier in the

the rearview mirror, surprised by the

his face.

smiling a lot more lately, and he seems so much easier to

nobody ever dared to

but laugh at his

villa he bought for Natasha, Alexei had been spending more

as usual, he found himself back at

sulking. He couldn’t believe Alexei and

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her his grumpy back as he sat stubbornly at the front door, refusing to even look

today, they took a detour to the mall on their

was playing with the little ball in his hand. “You’re really good

tone in his voice, Natasha’s mind flashed and she replied earnestly, “Of

well. You treat me kindly, so I’ll

half–smile. “You’ve got

with a clueless look, pretending she didn’t get

dawdled all the way home, and by the time they finally walked through the door, it was already pretty

waiting at the door. Instead, a familiar

headlights swept over, Michelle, whose legs had gone numb from squatting so long,

‘Alexei!” she called out.

Natasha, she quickly lowered her

Natasha was stunned by how Michelle’s attitude

frowning at the way she’d so

‘Michelle?” he asked.

but his eyes showed

talked herself into moving on, felt like she’d just taken another arrow straight

remember me at all,‘

nodded, looking completely deflated. “Yeah, Alexei, it’s

are you doing here?”

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the ground, her head hanging so low

her chest.

who looked completely indifferent to

presence,

and

her eyes and suddenly

engagement

about you, or spoken to you so harshly.

Natasha almost thought she

She glanced at Alexei.

Alexei finally started to

had looked after him. As he

lot, Michelle would often come over

was only natural they’d bump into each other

he was a cool and aloof older boy when she

she still secretly followed any news about

vengeance. He could not possibly notice a little girl he’d only run into a couple

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