Natasha turned back and looked at him as she asked, “What did you say?”
“What did you expect as an answer?” countered Kenneth lazily as he raised his eyebrows in question.
Natasha mirrored his expression and replied, “I don't want any reply or answer from you, Kenneth. I just want you to stay far away from me.”
With that, she left.
Kenneth jumped to his feet and raced after her. In just a few strides, he managed to catch up and successfully blocked her path forward.
He countered, “That's what I find strange about what you just said. Why do you want me to stay far away from you? What are you so worried about?”
This man has some grandiose delusions about himself indeed.
Natasha glanced at him and said, “I think
there's something wrong with you.”
Kenneth was rendered speechless by her response. He didn't reply further, but instead used his actions to demonstrate his dissatisfaction. He stepped forward and forced her to retreat backward until there was nowhere else she could go and she was pressed firmly against the edge of the desk.
She continued to frown as she demanded, “Get out of my way.”
“I'm not going to,” he replied.
The only difference between the current Natasha and the one back then was the mouth she possessed now. It was fiery and indomitable.
“What are you trying to do here, Kenneth?” asked Natasha.
“I want to see you go mad!”
Natasha didn't know how to respond to that statement. She was convinced enough that he had issues.
However, the more he insisted on behaving this way, the more she would refuse to
comply.
“It looks like I'll have to disappoint you,” she finally replied as she forced a wry smile out.
With that smile, she had thoroughly unsettled Kenneth and thrown him off balance.
Although he knew that she was trying to cajole him with that, her smile was so beautiful that he couldn't help but feel his heart twinge from it.
Unconsciously, he extended his arm in a bid to reach out and stroke her face.
As he did, he couldn't help but ask, “Back then, were you testing me or did you really not know yourself that well?”
“What do you mean by that?” she replied in confusion. She didn't understand what he was getting at.
Just as his arm was extended midway toward her face, he suddenly stopped in his tracks and stated, “It's nothing. I just think that this face of yours is simply too... fake.”
Natasha didn't know how to respond to that.
Fake? He had clearly said that I was beautiful! Even though those words had come out of someone else’s mouth, I've to admit that I've gradually gotten used to it. How is my face fake in any way?
However, Natasha refused to care too much about all this. Instead, she looked at him and said, “You have plenty of ways to get your revenge on me, Kenneth. You've chosen the most expensive option.”
“You managed to pick that up?” he asked in surprise.
“Why can't we just end things on good terms?”
Kenneth pursed his lips and replied, “Absolutely not.”
She looked at him and continued to frown.
“The more you refuse to accept it, the more I will force it on you. I'll give you two choices right now. Either drive the car away or prepare to receive it when I send it over to your place after you've gone,” she
threatened.
At that, she couldn't help but add, “Do you really have that much money to spend, Kenneth?”
“Absolutely right, you are.”
She remained silent in her loss over how to communicate further with such a shameless man.
Finally, she shook her head helplessly and stated, “Fine. I'll accept it, but I'll need to sign an agreement stating that the car is something you insisted on giving me. It'll also indicate that you had no ulterior motive in gifting the car, and that you have no right to demand it from me in the future.”
“I'm not signing that,” he said.
“Then I won't take the car,” remarked Natasha as she prepared to leave.
However, Kenneth moved forward once more to block her path.
The next moment, Natasha suddenly raised her hands and frowned before she sighed deeply in exasperation.
Her hands were still wrapped in bandages and a concerned expression immediately developed on Kenneth's face as he asked, “What's wrong? Are you all right?”
However, she only glared at him angrily in response.
“Let me bring you to the hospital,” declared Kenneth as he proceeded to tug at her.
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