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.

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

His gaze darkened.

taking advantage

and challenged in a low, gravelly voice. “Are you giving me a

the rack.

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

his eyes. “What goes around comes around, Kenneth

He narrowed his eyes.

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

she was mocking him, but he

caught up with me? Or

his only

her

the changing room, Natasha stared at the gown and took a moment to emerge from the spell Kenneth weaved around her. Then,

low on the back, and

then, a knock sounded on the door. It

froze and

is rushing us outside,”

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

ran the length

dress. I can’t

“It looks fine. You’re slender. How could

her eyes uncomfortably.

and his lips quirked upward. “Why didn’t

he had rounded Natasha

need.” Natasha gripped the

her back as if he

neck curved into the gentle slope of her shoulder, and even the way the bones on

a word, Natasha could feel

tension hung in the

“Kenneth…”

the zipper, the tips of her ears

reaction didn’t go unnoticed by Kenneth, and he smirked. He pulled the zipper up—slowly,

felt like a century as he fastened a simple

done, he leaned in closer and asked in a low voice, “You haven’t

“What?” she retorted.