Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved novel Chapter 47

Chapter 47

Chapter 47

“Natasha.” Alexei’s magnetic voice drifted down from the stairs.

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Alexei leaned lazily against the banister, his eyes smiling as he reached out his hand to her. “Let’s go.”

Natasha rushed over excitedly. “What took you so long?”

She was honestly speechless. This family was so scheming, even the little kids were full of tricks.

Alexei glanced at the twins, who looked guilty as sin.

They were one of his uncles‘ kids.

He felt that they probably figured Natasha looked young and easy to fool, so they sent the kids over to fish for information.

If that didn’t work, they wanted to cozy up to her and get her to put in a good word for them

later.

However, Natasha was impenetrable. No matter who tried, she never took the bait.

A smile flickered in Alexei’s eyes as he looked at the complaining Natasha and gently ruffled her hair. “Did anyone give you a hard time?”

Natasha shook her head.

They’d tried, but they had failed.

He chuckled softly. “Alright, let’s go.”

Nobody was worth for him to stop for a chat. The whole room just watched in silence as they walked away.

As they walked out of the Turner Manor, Natasha glanced back before getting into the car.

This place looked gorgeous and grand on the outside, but all she could sense was a thick stench of rot lurking beneath its beautiful surface.

In the car, Alexei turned to Natasha.

He asked, “So, what were you chatting about with them?”

Natasha put on a dead–serious face. “How to handle a spy crisis.”

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He laughed. “Didn’t you say you’d always have my back? Was that just talk?”

Natasha shook her head, dead serious. “There is no way!

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I barely know those people. You’re more important to me. If you ever get into a fight with them, I’m taking your side.”

He asked, “So, if you get closer to someone else, you’d ditch me for them?”

“Yeah, that’s how it works.”

“So, how close are we right now?”

Natasha wanted to say a little bit. Truth be told, they didn’t know each other that well. She’d never really gotten a read on Alexei.

But then she thought about how much they’d crammed into such a short time.

They were living together, sharing a bed, cooking, and taking walks. She even met his parents today. That was something only people who were very close to each other would do.

She picked something in the middle. “We are as close as average friends.”

Alexei didn’t react. He just gently pinched her earlobe, his voice low and meaningful. “Natasha, remember what you said.”

It didn’t matter how close they were now. Sooner or later, he would make sure to become the person closest to her.

He was always patient.

He’d make sure to become the person who meant everything to her.

There was still a while before the birthday party kicked off. Technically, as the star of the night, Natasha was supposed to head over to the Clark family and start getting ready,

But Natasha just went straight back to her apartment to crash and get some serious sleep.

Alexei just followed her lead.

Alexei casually climbed into her bed like it was the most natural thing in the world. Natasha didn’t say a word, just gave him a long, silent look.

Alexei looked totally innocent. “The couch is covered in stuff. I don’t have anywhere else to

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rest.”

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Since they still needed to do her hair and makeup later, Lisa and the others had left some of their tools behind.

Natasha had told them to go home and get some rest, just come back a little early tonight.

She wasn’t taking the birthday party nearly as seriously as she had the Turner family gathering.

She figured she’d just show up and go through the motions. She had no intention of playing along with their act.

If Alexei hadn’t insisted on doing her hair and makeup, she would’ve just gone in a t–shirt and jeans.

The problem was, there was only one room in the apartment, and the couch was piled with stuff. So there was really just one bed left.

She’d need him around later tonight, so she couldn’t just kick him out of bed now.

Natasha just stood there in her freshly changed pajamas, staring at him helplessly.

“We’ve slept together before. Don’t worry, I promise I won’t try anything.” He raised his hands

in surrender.

She realized that there was that one night when, for no reason at all, they somehow ended up sharing a bed.

Since Alexei had already trampled all over their boundaries, Natasha figured there was no point fussing about it anymore.

She stacked the blankets right down the middle and waved her hand with authority. “You take the left, I’ll take the right.”

Maybe all the scheming at noon had drained her. Even with Alexei lying right there, Natasha was out like a light in no time,

Alexei, lying on the left side, listened as her breathing slowly grew steady. Suddenly, his eyes snapped open,

Those eyes, deep as a bottomless lake, were churning with a storm of complicated emotions.

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They both slept soundly, each sticking to their own side, until Lisa and the others showed up

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and rang the doorbell that evening.

They dragged their feet and didn’t leave until seven. By the time they finally rolled up to the Clark family, they were already late.

Since Natasha had blocked them, she had no clue they were blowing up her phone.

Meanwhile, the Clark family noticed she still hadn’t taken them off her block list, and every single one of them was looking sour.

With all the guests already here and the party about to start, Natasha was still nowhere to be seen. They were starting to suspect she was standing them up on purpose.

Olivia stood beside Madeline Clark and let out a sigh. “If Natasha didn’t want to come, she could’ve just said so. Why wait until everyone’s ready before bailing?”

Thomas Clark’s face turned ugly. “She’s always been this headstrong.”

Olivia bit her lip, looking worried. “What about all the guests?”

Andrew Clark snorted. “If she doesn’t want to celebrate her birthday, then forget it.

“Cancel the birthday part. Emmanuel and I will just announce the engagement when the time comes.”

Olivia dug her nails into her palm and thought, ‘Even if Natasha doesn’t show up at all, they’re still determined to marry her off to the Wright family?

They are a family by blood, after all.‘

She said, “Isn’t it kind of bad for the bride–to–be to be missing? Maybe we should just pick another day…”

“Everything goes as planned.” Lucas Wright’s cold voice cut through the room.

He stood there, face blank, jaw tight, but his attitude was rock solid.

His

gut told him Natasha probably didn’t show up because of Alexei.

But he refused to think about whether that guy already meant more to Natasha than her grandmother’s keepsake.

Every time he wondered about it, the pain in his chest was almost unbearable,

He hadn’t told anyone about Alexei. After tonight, he would be her fiancé.

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