Meeting The One For Me

Chapter 6

Melted snow pooled on the uneven cement road, trampled into a messy slush by passing pedestrians.

“Wait here. I’ll go in,” Audrey said, pushing open the car door.

Nathan unfastened his seatbelt in the passenger seat. “I’ll come with you to ensure you don’t run away.”

Nathan and Lucas followed Audrey, carefully avoiding the muddy water collected in the potholes. They frowned as they surveyed the crowded and chaotic shantytown.

“Why are you living here?” Lucas asked, his gaze shifting away from a pile of garbage on the street, his brow furrowed with concern. “Even if you don’t want to stay in the dorms, you could’ve come to Jen’s. This place is dirty and unsafe for a lady like you.

“It’s okay,” Audrey responded. She didn’t want to claborate.

Staying in a hotel was too expensive, and she couldn’t afford to spend her savings from part–time jobs.

She hadn’t planned on staying in Sheysea City for long and didn’t want to sign a long–term contract for an apartment.

Despite the poor conditions, the place was the quickest and cheapest short–term rental option she could find after moving out of the apartment two days before.

They walked deeper into the secluded area, eventually stopping in front of a wooden door with a lock.

Nathan’s frown deepened.

Audrey didn’t invite them in. She unlocked the door then quickly retrieved the documents she needed from a drawer.

The wooden door seemed flimsy, and the interior was small. It had a bed, a simple wardrobe, a pile of books neatly stacked on a table, a chair, some old kitchenware, and no bathroom. Yet, the bedding was tidy, the old headboard and table were clean, and the floor shone from being freshly mopped.

Audrey locked the door and turned to them, “Let’s go.”

The ride from the neighborhood to city hall was silent. Everyone was lost in their thoughts.

At city hall, the staff noticed both Nathan’s and Audrey’s injuries. Before issuing the divorce certificate, they uttered the same advice they gave all couples.

As he looked at the certificate in his hands, Nathan found the process unbelievably smooth.

can I

snapping back to

stood up and said. “After r your apology I’ll leave Shares in immediatel

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never see me

pressing him against the wall of a school building flashed through

in his pocket. His expression was dark as

said you could have the apartment, and I won’t take it

goodbye,” Audrey replied curtly, also

her final tie to Nathan was severed. She

“I have a vacant

now.”

She pulled her scarf over her mouth and nose, leaving only her clear, cold eyes visible. “I’ll withdraw from the case shortly. If

take you!” Lucas said.

head again, polite but distant. “No need to trouble yourself. It’s out

together tighter as he watched

come to this,”

Audrey gazed at the

journey with Nathan would end. And yet, it seemed neither of them

on his 22nd birthday: to marry her immediately, to celebrate his

had come

wedding ceremony, proclaiming that there would only be widowhood between them, not divorce.

of her life, it felt like it had

their marriage, holding their divorce certificate. felt

her sore and swollen eyes and then placed the certificate into her bag.

to book a flight to Cloudmill for the next evening, a black sedan pulled

passenger window rolled down, revealing Ryan’s sharp, pale

locking her phone and approaching the car. She bent down slightly and rested her hands on the edge of the

driver’s

the Sheysea City office,” he replied, motioning for Audrey to

and greeted her with a smile. He moved to open the car

remained still.