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,

Audrey, pulling her behind him protectively.

Audrey stumbled backward as Hugo

fall. She turned

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also half–covered in blood, hesitated. He reluctantly addressed the

was in his early thirties. His features were 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 an

presence was strikingly different from Nathan’s youthful

slight resemblance between him and Audrey was

and wrapped it around his palm.

Nathan. As he held Audrey, he turned and sald coldly, “Let’s

opened the

into the car, Nathan took a few steps after them. He called

the car. His indifferent gaze behind his gold–rimmed glasses sent chills down Nathan’s

were taken to the emergency room and

clean Audrey’s wounds, she noticed her soaked white scarf and coat stained with blood. She advised, “You should

politely, “Will it interfere with treating the

but aren’t you uncomfortable in wet clothes?” the nurse replied, pulling the

scarf to cover her mouth and nose. She mumbled through the fabric, If it doesn’t affect the treatment, I’m

emergency treatment room with his hands 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 remained silent momentarily before slowly unzipping her jacket and removing

closed, Amelia and a bandaged Nathan, emerged

1. it.

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

obscured their view. Nathan, visibly shaken, turned his gaze to

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when he carried her to the car, Nathan knew he

was an adopted son of the Lambert family in Mythravia, he was now the public face of the family’s

called out softly, “Mr. Lambert…”

bright lights

inch, every movement exuded the unfathomable depth of someone in a position

His brow furrowed.

for