You're Out Daddy

The banquet went on as usual.

Natasha was walking when Kenneth came up from behind her and took her arm, pulling her along with him.

She frowned at his back. “What are you doing?”

He shot her a sideways glance over his shoulder. “I’m taking you upstairs to change into something else.”

Then, he hauled her up the stairs to a spacious dressing room full of evening gowns.

Natasha entered, her gaze surveying the room before she turned to look at Kenneth warily. “Was Erin dousing me with champagne part of your plan, too?”

He approached her with a smile, studying her features with an adoring expression. “You overestimate me.”

“So this…” She looked at him.

“This is a VIP dressing room prepared for the socialites in case of emergencies. Don’t worry, the outfits in here are occasionally replaced with new seasonal pieces that have never been worn. Anyone who wears it leaves with the outfit,” he explained.

Natasha arched her brow slightly. “It sure is fun being wealthy.”

“Why, are you poor?” Kenneth asked, his eyes burning into hers.

He recalled her giving him ten million without batting an eye, and he still didn’t know where she got that amount of money. However, he knew that wasn’t all she possessed. She definitely had deeper pockets.

It didn’t matter, though.

He didn’t care if she kept countless secrets like a riddle.

Natasha’s eyes lowered when she felt Kenneth’s probing gaze on her, and she spoke with a smile that didn’t quite reach her eyes. “Compared to you, Mr. Hamilton, yes.”

“If you want it, everything here is now yours,” he said.

“Oh, really? What’s the catch?”

“None. As long as it’s you.” His gaze was unfathomable, and he didn’t look like he was joking.

“You won’t regret it?” she asked.

not, as long as you give me a job in the

His gaze darkened.

taking advantage of

her and challenged in a low, gravelly voice.

took a gown from the rack. “Forget about it. I don’t like

lips curved into a smirk as he faced her back. “I wouldn’t just be

“What goes

He narrowed his eyes.

happening to you now.” With that, she went into the

mocking him, but

sins have caught up with me? Or do I have to continue paying them off?”

was his

while waiting for her to finish, a smile tugging at

at the gown and took a moment to emerge

low on the back, and she couldn’t reach it no matter

the door. It was Kenneth

and didn’t

rushing us outside,”

swung open to reveal Natasha standing inside and staring at him, her face

ran the length of her.

dress. I can’t fit

looks fine.

eyes uncomfortably. “I can’t reach

quirked upward. “Why didn’t

she could finish, he had

no need.” Natasha

back as if he didn’t

the gentle slope of her shoulder, and even the way the bones on her back were shaped

Natasha could feel his eyes boring

charged tension hung in

“Kenneth…”

done.” When he reached for the zipper, the tips of her ears

go unnoticed by Kenneth, and he smirked. He

century as he fastened a simple

leaned in closer and asked in a

“What?” she retorted.