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.

to him, fearing

pulling her behind him protectively.

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

stabilizing her to prevent another fall. She turned around. Words of

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half–covered in blood, hesitated. He reluctantly

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

his reserved and mature presence was strikingly different from

him

lips, swiftly undid his tie and wrapped

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

hurriedly opened the

car, Nathan took a few steps after them.

up as he stepped into the car. His indifferent gaze

taken to the emergency room and treated separately

and coat stained with blood. She advised,

then asked politely, “Will it interfere with

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

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

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

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

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of the shocking bruises on Audrey’s jaw and neck. He

obscured their view. Nathan, visibly shaken, turned his gaze to Ryan’s tall and straight silhouette. He felt an

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eyes when he carried her to the car, Nathan knew he had to

was now the public face of the family’s power. Many of the

called out softly, “Mr.

turned around slowly. The hospital’s bright lights cast sharp lines on

imposing six feet one inch, every movement exuded the unfathomable depth

His brow furrowed.

“I didn’t mean for her