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.

him, fearing

to Audrey, pulling her

attack, Audrey stumbled backward as Hugo pulled

prevent another fall. She turned around. Words of thanks caught in her

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He reluctantly addressed the man,

stern expression. He wore gold–rimmed glasses and a black cont over a neatly tailored dark gray suit,

was only four years older than Nathan, yet his reserved and mature presence was

slight resemblance between him and Audrey

lips, swiftly undid his tie and wrapped it around his palm.

As he held Audrey, he turned and sald coldly, “Let’s go to

opened the car

her into the car, Nathan took a few steps after them. He called out, “Mr.

up as he stepped into the car. His indifferent gaze behind his gold–rimmed

were taken to the emergency room

white scarf and coat stained with blood. She

asked politely, “Will it

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

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

voice left no room for argument. He ordered, “Take off your scarf and coat.” Audrey remained silent momentarily before slowly unzipping her

the curtain closed, Amelia and a bandaged Nathan, emerged from behind

1. it.

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

their view. Nathan, visibly shaken, turned his

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he carried her to the

the Lambert family in Mythravia, he was now the public face of the family’s power. Many

softly,

lights cast sharp lines on his handsome

unfathomable depth of someone in a position of power. He was intimidating

His brow furrowed.

explained, “I didn’t mean for her to hit the