Bye-bye Trash! Hello Queen! novel Chapter 42

Sebastian finally snapped, hissing in a low, furious voice, “That’s enough, Natalie!”

Damn, he’s actually barking.

Natalie took a quick step back, bumping hard into a warm chest.

“Careful, Natalie!” A deep voice rumbled by her ear, smooth and intoxicating like a fine aged whiskey. A clean, crisp scent enveloped her, making her tense up for a split second.

She looked up into Matthew’s handsome face, his smiling eyes meeting her own worried ones. “Mr. Monroe, I’m so sorry! Did I hurt you?”

Matthew’s eyes glinted with amusement as he gazed into her clever, lively ones. “I think I’ll live,” he chuckled. “Though my heart took a bit of a knock. You barged right in and gave it a good kick. It’s quite sore.”

Natalie blinked. Was he… flirting with me? Oh my god! This is Mr. Monroe! Flirting? With me?! That’s a foul, Mr. Monroe! A flagrant foul!

Sebastian watched them, his expression thunderous as they held each other, their eyes locked in a silent conversation. A surge of rage ignited within him, his narrow eyes flashing with a cold, dangerous light.

“Remember your place, Natalie,” he warned under his breath.

Joanna, however, was seething with jealousy. How on earth did Natalie know Matthew Monroe?

Matthew’s expression hardened instantly. His gaze met Sebastian’s, and in that moment, a silent war was waged and lost a hundred times over.

“Watch yourself, Mr. Griffith,” Matthew said, his tone a clear warning. “Natalie is my date for the evening.”

“Your date?” Sebastian’s head whipped toward Natalie, his eyes blazing with an inferno of rage that seemed to rise from the depths of hell itself.

Natalie just nodded. “Yeah. Got a problem with that?”

“You’re my…”

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