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 might

to Audrey, pulling her

drained from her attack, Audrey stumbled backward as Hugo

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

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

early thirties. His features were sharp, and he had a stern expression. He wore

was strikingly different from Nathan’s youthful vigor. He

resemblance between him and

tie and wrapped it around his palm. Then he pressed it to Audrey’s

eyes swept over Nathan. As he held Audrey, he turned and sald coldly, “Let’s go to

assistant hurriedly opened the car

Audrey’s wound and helped her into the car, Nathan took a few steps

the car. His indifferent gaze

and Nathan were taken to the emergency room

nurse prepared to clean Audrey’s wounds, she noticed her soaked white scarf and coat stained with blood. She advised, “You should take off your coat

paused, then asked politely, “Will it interfere with treating the wound?”

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

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

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

nurse moved to draw the curtain closed, Amelia and a bandaged Nathan, emerged

1. it.

Audrey’s jaw and neck. He wondered if

met briefly before the light blue curtain obscured their view. Nathan, visibly shaken, turned his gaze to

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look in his eyes when he carried her to

was now the public face of the

softly, “Mr.

bright lights cast sharp

exuded the unfathomable depth of someone in a position of

His brow furrowed.

mean for