Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

Chapter 204

Chapter 204

Chapter 204

Natasha was ‘harboring a secret guest‘ against her will.

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Her feelings could be summed up in one word: regret–deep, gnawing regret.

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After quarreling with her family, she stormed out alone to clear her head. Passing through an alley, she stumbled upon a bleeding man.

Every film and TV drama she had ever seen warned her not to pick up strangers from the street, so she immediately turned to flee.

But he was faster. He seized her ankle, pulled out her ID card and student ID, and clung to her with stubborn force.

She had no choice but to get him a room and buy medicine for his wounds.

Once he wiped his face clean, the so–called ‘bad man‘ revealed himself to be a strikingly handsome young man, perhaps only three or four years older than her.

“I’m going home,” she said, masking her surprise with a cold expression.

Though she tried to remain calm, the sixteen–year–old could not hide the faint trace of fear in her beautiful eyes–fear that made her utterly transparent.

Alexei toyed with the student ID in his hand and sneered, “Are you abandoning your task? Are you trying to run away halfway through saving someone?”

She puffed her cheeks indignantly and said, “It’s not like I wanted to save you.”

“But if I go out now and my enemies discover you rescued me, they’ll assume you’re working with me,” he replied coolly.

Natasha froze, staring at him as if to say, “How could you be so ungrateful?”

She demanded, “So what now?”

Alexei smiled faintly, glancing at the student ID on the bed. “Natasha, it seems I’ll have to trouble you to hide me,” he said.

*****

Natasha secretly rented a run–down one–bedroom apartment in the old district.

The space was so cramped that it was hard even to turn around.

Alexei scoffed, “You expect me to live here?”

The still–fuming girl was expressionless as she replied, “What did you expect? I’m only sixteen. And very poor.”

yes,

I’m

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under surveillance, making his bank cards useless. The rent was

It pained her deeply.

her with

elite institution. A family wealthy enough

her forehead lightly, thinking, “Never mind. This place

back in

pinched her soft cheeks and asked, “Natasha, are you

her lips shut, widened her eyes innocently, and shook

saw through her insincerity,

repay you a hundredfold later.” He was only enduring temporary hardship;

eyes lit up at once and asked,

naive little kitten–easily duped, yet

her again, but he restrained

“It’s true,” he replied.

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settled into a simple rhythm: school, the tiny rental,

family story: blind parents, a cold older brother, a slow–witted younger brother, and a conniving stepsister. She was

of them all.

first, scavenging for a late–night snack. Watching this, Alexei ground his teeth and said,

ordering me to cook

you’re spending my money,” she replied as she crouched at a small stool serving as a dining table,

the bed changing his bandages, chuckled in exasperation, “Didn’t

replied as she poked a finger into the lean

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and asked, “You’re roaming around so late.

pouted, “They don’t even know when my

prepared her midnight snacks

studied every day,

jaw. He

lifted her bowl.

put down the

asked idly, legs swinging

he should be finishing

handed her a plate of freshly cooked pasta and kept the

already graduated,” he

it was just vocational school, he clarified, “I

for

had ambitions to pursue, grudges to settle. He could not waste time–he

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