Meeting The One For Me

Chapter 3

Audrey regained her composure and looked at Nathan steadily. Her eyes grew as cold as her heart.

“The thing I regret most is getting you out of that small town the Yeomans family is from! The seed of a rapist… Truly the filthiest and most despicable in the world! No wonder the Lambert family wants nothing to do with you,” Nathan spat.

Before he could finish his sentence, he was caught off guard by a fierce blow to his head. He staggered back into a tree trunk.

Audrey, half her face covered in blood, stood where Nathan had been a second before. Her hand trembled as she clutched a broken half of a brick.

Nathan was dazed. He stared at Audrey in disbelief. His vision in his right eye was a blur of red as

blood seeped into it.

Hugo and Amelia stood in the shallow pool, stunned. They couldn’t believe that Audrey had struck

Nathan.

With a pale face, Audrey forced herself to appear calm. She tossed the broken brick into the pool, then said hoarsely, “Nathan, we’re even now.”

Nathan’s mind flooded with blurry images.

Behind the sunset–tinged school building, a girl in a clean uniform pinned the blushing younger version of him against the wall. She smiled at him.

“Nathan, we’re even now!”

His heart raced, his breath quickened, and his nose filled with the pleasant scent of gardenias emanating from the girl.

Climbing roses bloomed on the walls, but they paled in comparison to her alluring, smiling face.

Nathan clutched his chest and shook his head to clear the vision. The comforting image vanished

without a trace.

“Are you alright, Nathan?” Amelia asked.

Nathan came back to reality. He touched his head, and his hand came away bloody. He cursed and looked up at Audrey.

rushed to him, fearing he

Audrey, pulling

Audrey stumbled backward as Hugo pulled her

her shoulders, stabilizing her to prevent another fall. She turned around. Words of thanks caught in her

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in blood, hesitated. He reluctantly

sharp, and he had a stern expression. He wore gold–rimmed glasses and a black cont over a neatly tailored dark gray suit, which gave him

was strikingly different from Nathan’s youthful vigor. He

slight resemblance between him and Audrey was

head wound with pursed lips, swiftly undid his tie and wrapped it around his

he turned and sald coldly, “Let’s go

opened

into the car, Nathan

as he stepped into the car. His indifferent gaze behind

and Nathan were taken to the emergency room and treated separately for their injuries.

noticed her soaked white scarf and

it interfere

aren’t you uncomfortable in wet clothes?” the nurse replied, pulling the treatment cart closer. “You should take them off.”

tugging at her scarf to cover her mouth and nose. She mumbled through the fabric, If

in his pockets, frowning at Audrey. Deep and authoritative, his voice left no room for argument. He ordered, “Take off your scarf and coat.” Audrey

curtain closed, Amelia and a bandaged

1. it.

Nathan caught sight of the shocking bruises on Audrey’s jaw and neck. He wondered if his push caused such

eyes met briefly before the light blue curtain obscured their view. Nathan, visibly shaken, turned his gaze to Ryan’s tall and straight silhouette. He felt an inexplicable

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Ryan’s relationship with Audrey and the look in his eyes when he carried her to the car, Nathan knew he had to explain the day’s events to Ryan.

Lambert family in Mythravia, he was now the public

called out softly, “Mr. Lambert…”

turned around slowly. The hospital’s bright lights

feet one inch, every movement exuded the unfathomable depth of someone in a position of power. He was intimidating even in silence.

His brow furrowed.

for her to hit the