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 he

rushed to Audrey, pulling her

drained from her attack, Audrey stumbled backward as Hugo pulled her to

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

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hesitated. He reluctantly addressed

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

was only four years older than Nathan, yet his reserved and mature presence was strikingly different from Nathan’s youthful vigor. He exuded the power of a grown man.

between him

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

As he held Audrey, he turned and sald coldly, “Let’s go to the hospital!”

assistant hurriedly opened the car door.

and helped her into the car, Nathan took a few steps

indifferent gaze behind his gold–rimmed glasses sent chills down

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

she noticed her soaked white scarf and coat stained with blood. She advised, “You should take

paused, then asked politely, “Will it interfere with

uncomfortable in wet clothes?” the nurse replied, pulling the treatment cart closer. “You should take them

and nose. She mumbled through the fabric, If it doesn’t affect the treatment, I’m fine like this.”

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

the curtain closed, Amelia and a bandaged

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

visibly shaken, turned his gaze to Ryan’s tall and straight silhouette. He

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when he carried her to the car, Nathan knew he had to explain the day’s events

was now the public face of the family’s power. Many of the Franklin family’s projects relled on

softly,

hospital’s bright lights cast sharp lines on his handsome face.

an imposing six feet one inch, every movement exuded the unfathomable depth of someone in a position of power. He was

His brow furrowed.

explained, “I didn’t mean for her