Chapter 75: Terrifying Aura of possession

Julian paused, then nodded, "Alright, let’s stay here and have a bite before we head home."

Julian and Victoria sat down side by side on the comfortable sofa opposite Natasha.

Natasha kept her bloodshot eyes fixed intently on the two of them. In her mind, since this woman was merely hired by Julian to play a role, their intimate gestures would inevitably become extremely awkward as time went on. She would sit right here and watch how she exposed Julian’s lies!

After Julian finished ordering a few exquisite coffee shop snacks and drinks, Victoria gracefully picked up the menu and placed it directly in front of Natasha.

"Miss Natasha, my Julian has already ordered my favorite food for me. Take a look and see what you’d like to eat, and order it yourself."

Natasha bit her lip, a cold, challenging smile creeping back onto her face. She looked directly at Julian.

"Julian Vance has pursued me for many years. He knows my exact tastes and preferences inside out. Julian, why don’t you help me choose and order for me?"

A faint, suffocating smell of gunpowder instantly filled the quiet air around the table.

"Would you like to order food for Miss Natasha, my Julian?" Victoria asked, turning to look at Julian with a gentle smile that didn’t reach her dark, possessive eyes.

Julian was instantly filled with overwhelming anxiety.

If he had known that Victoria would insist on having dinner with Natasha, he should never have agreed to bring Victoria to meet her in the first place!

Although Victoria loved him obsessively and couldn’t bear to physically hurt him, if he dared to show intimate knowledge of Natasha’s preferences and order food for her right now, Victoria would definitely lock him in the master bedroom of Rose Manor and inflict a terrifyingly severe "punishment" on him the second they returned!

Julian felt a cold sweat breaking out on his back. Looking straight into Natasha’s expectant, provocative eyes, he said in an icy, completely detached voice:

"Miss Natasha, please don’t misremember things. I have no idea what you like to eat, nor do I care to know. If you want to eat, order it yourself. My hands and attention are reserved exclusively for my girlfriend."

Julian Vance refused without a moment’s hesitation.

"Natasha."

Julian spoke in a cold, distant tone, "I have a terrible memory. Right now, I only remember what my girlfriend likes to eat. I have no idea what other women like to eat."

"Order whatever you want to eat yourself."

Victoria’s fine, dark eyebrows curved slightly into a soft, glowing arch. What she wanted was for her Julian to personally reject Natasha right to her face!

Victoria’s gaze shifted slowly from Julian to Natasha’s pale, twisted face. As expected, she witnessed Natasha’s intensely unpleasant, humiliated expression.

Victoria’s crimson lips curled up into a triumphant smile.

"Miss, what would you like to order?" The young waitress, having reluctantly given up her front-row gossip session, asked with a polite smile.

Natasha gritted her teeth so hard they nearly shattered, forcefully handing the menu back to the waitress.

"Just give me a couple of random snacks—that’ll do!" Natasha said, emphasizing every single word through clenched teeth.

"Okay, Miss, please wait a moment."

The waitress took the menu and walked back to the service counter.

"Here you go, this is the order for table 32," the waitress handed the order ticket to another staff member behind the bar.

"Xiaomi," the second waitress asked with intense curiosity, "why do you seem to be in such an amazingly good mood?"

The waitress named Xiaomi giggled and whispered, "It’s nothing, really. I just witnessed a hilarious scene where an ordinary, desperate side-chick was trying her hardest to break up a perfectly gorgeous couple."

As the reigning campus belle of Capital University, Natasha’s visual appearance was naturally quite good by ordinary standards. However, without contrast, there is no harm—when placed directly beside the breathtaking, world-class beauty of Victoria Sterling and Julian Vance, Natasha’s appearance looked exceedingly ordinary and plain.

There were quite a few customers coming in for coffee and tea today, so the snacks took quite a while to prepare.

Julian stood up from his seat. "I’m going to use the restroom for a moment."

"Mhm, go ahead, my Julian," Victoria said softly.

With Julian gone, only Victoria and Natasha remained, sitting face to face across the small table.

Natasha bit her lower lip nervously, staring intently at Victoria. This woman was breathtaking at first glance, and the longer you looked at her, the more insanely beautiful she seemed. It made a person burn with toxic jealousy.

It was completely unclear how much money Julian had spent to hire such a top-tier woman to put on an act with him! Natasha disliked Victoria intensely—both for her overwhelming beauty and for daring to kiss Julian right in front of her. All of it drove her wildly, insanely jealous.

Miss," Natasha sneered, breaking the tense silence, "let me tell you my long history and love story with Julian Vance." Her lips curled into a smug, victorious smile as she stepped closer, making sure every word hit Victoria right where it hurt. "We met back when he was in junior high school, and we were always in the exact same class throughout junior high, high school, and now college. We are true childhood sweethearts." She paused, letting her proud, haughty gaze sweep over Victoria, savoring the subtle flicker of hurt in her rival’s eyes. "I know the exact sound of his laugh when he’s genuinely happy, how he takes his coffee when he’s stressed, and every single secret he has never dared to whisper to anyone else. You might have his attention for a fleeting moment now, but I hold his past, his present, and every memory that truly shaped him. You are merely a passing Chapter in a grand story that was written for us long before you ever entered the picture."

Victoria’s dark eyes narrowed, a cold shadow flickering across her depthless pupils.

Of course she knew all of this. She had thoroughly investigated every single detail of her Julian’s romantic history long ago, discovering that Julian used to cherish this woman to the absolute extreme, willing to do anything for her.

In that moment, Victoria felt a dark, violent urge—she really wanted to eliminate Natasha permanently... That way, Natasha would have no way to compete with her for Julian’s heart ever again.

Natasha continued arrogantly, unknown to the danger, "Julian has done so much for me. He tried his absolute best to get into the same class as me, brought me high-end breakfast every single day, and because my health is frail, he constantly prepared specialized medicine for me."

"Whenever I experienced any minor discomfort, he would thoughtfully bring me hot water and medicine right away."

"He even pushed himself to get accepted into the exact same university as me. No matter how much I scolded him, cursed at him, or ignored him, he followed me around without a single word of complaint, acting as my dedicated, submissive follower."

"Miss, every single thing I’m saying is 100% true. If you don’t believe me, you can go to Capital University right now and ask anyone around campus to see how desperately he used to lick my boots!"

The exact instant Natasha finished speaking, a sudden, suffocating wave of pure, murderous intent wrapped tightly around her!

The bone-chilling aura made the soles of her feet go completely ice-cold, causing a violent shiver to run straight up her spine.

Natasha nervously glanced around the coffee shop in terror, her heart hammering against her ribs. It felt as if a invisible, bloodthirsty predator were standing right behind her, preparing to snap her neck!

Victoria suddenly let out a soft, melodic chuckle. "Miss Natasha."

The terrifying, suffocating killing intent that Natasha had just sensed instantly vanished into thin air, leaving her gasping for breath.

"You and my Julian are entirely in the past," Victoria said, her crimson lips curving into a captivating, possessive arch. "Even if my Julian liked you before, the only person he will ever love from now on is me."Every single heartbeat of his future belongs entirely to my keeping.

The very first woman he ever kissed was me. And the first woman he ever slept with and touched all over his body was also me."

She was the first and only woman permitted to do those intimate, sacred things that belong exclusively to lovers. She would never allow any woman other than herself to even attempt to touch her even a single hair on Julian’s body.