Chapter 72

“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.

up with the grueling training of a pro anymore, so these days,

plenty of teachers had praised

you say, I’ll be

from

the

his face.

Turner has been smiling a lot more lately,

dared

help but laugh at

bought for Natasha, Alexei had

usual, he found himself back at Natasha’s

couldn’t believe Alexei and Natasha were heading out

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back as he sat stubbornly at the front door, refusing to

they took a detour to the mall on their way home and grabbed a

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

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

well. You treat me kindly, so I’ll

a half–smile. “You’ve got

smiled with a clueless look, pretending she

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

waiting at the door. Instead, a familiar girl was squatting

legs had gone numb from squatting

‘Alexei!” she called out.

she quickly lowered her head and

Natasha was stunned by how Michelle’s

who had been frowning at the way she’d so casually called him

‘Michelle?” he asked.

sure, but his

had finally talked herself into moving on, felt like

remember me at

looking completely deflated. “Yeah, Alexei, it’s me. I

are you doing

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against the ground, her head hanging so low it was

her chest.

completely indifferent to her mumbled,

presence,

and

were out, she closed her eyes and suddenly gave a deep, formal

Natasha. There was never any engagement between me

or spoken to you so harshly.

was so sincere and loud that Natasha almost thought she could hear it echoing in

She glanced at Alexei.

finally started to piece together who

after him. As he got

Michelle a lot, Michelle would often come

only natural they’d bump into

crush on Alexei since he was a cool and aloof

was overseas, she still secretly followed any

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

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