Meeting The One For Me

Chapter 7

After transferring money for the clothes to Hugo and deleting his contact details on WhatsApp, Audrey’s contact list was left with only Anne Hayes, Harper Hayes, Diego Douglas, and Ryan.

Ryan’s profile picture was taken from under the sea, looking up at the sun. He didn’t have a single post in his Moments. It could have easily been mistaken for an elderly person’s account.

Her finger hovered over Ryan’s WhatsApp profile….

“I’ll transfer the hospital expenses from yesterday to you via PayPal. I’ll include the cost of the tie f

dirtied.”

Audrey turned to Ryan, who was reading a document.

The car suddenly swerved to the left to avoid a collision, causing Audrey’s phone to fly out of her hands towards Ryan.

Audrey reached out and grasped at nothing but air then crashed into the man’s warm embrace. Just as she was about to grab her phone, Ryan’s strong, slender fingers firmly gripped her wrist.

The phone landed, quite inconveniently, in his lap.

Audrey’s ears burned with embarrassment as she realized the awkwardness of the position. Looking up, she met Ryan’s deep, dark eyes behind his gold–rimmed glasses. Her heart raced with discomfort.

The driver, observing the rapidly departing car they had dodged, was sweating profusely. He apologized quickly, “Sir, I’m sorry. That car overtook us suddenly…”

“It’s okay,” Ryan’s voice said from above Audrey.

She straightened up and apologized, “I’m sorry.”

Ryan gave her the phone, then reached down to pick up his scattered documents.

“Thank you.

The car crossed a speed bump and smoothly entered the gated community of a villa in the city’s second ring. Audrey told the driver, “You can drop me off here.”

“The place you’re staying in now is dangerous,” Ryan said, closing the file on his lap. He added unequivocally, “Let Howard bring your luggage here.”

her current address. She informed him, “I’m leaving Sheysea City tomorrow. It’s just for one night, so moving my luggage back and

night. Even if you’re eager to cut

her grip, recognizing the inherent authority in Ryan’s

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yet, not overly so,

the keys to Howard, Instructing him, “Everything I need is in my suitcase. Can you park up the books on the table

course,” Howard agreed.

City villa

door open. Upon seeing Andrey,

to prepare the quest room on the second floor, Ryan excused himself to attend a meeting in his study. Audrey ate

sooner

by Nathan was posted on the notice board at Sheysea City University. He also posted an

and discussion boards associated with the university also cleared

the spiked drink, and Audrey’s resilience had prevented a malicious

photographed and retaliated mindlessly, as he still harbored doubts

causing her immense emotional and social distress. He felt deeply

on his Facebook post were a mix of shock and

motives.

for being a scoundrel who carelessly spread private

it was Nathan’s way

to old

noting that many students had already downloaded and even shared them on social

the incident didn’t escalate further, as Nathan had apologized. Audrey hoped the

unpacked all her belongings

as she planned to leave the

only taken out her pajamas and

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to shower due to her injuries, she freshened up and went downstairs for water before sleeping.

she descended the stairs, she noticed Ryan on the phone as he stood in front of the refrigerator in the

amidst the

hair was still damp from a shower, and a towel hung around his neck. His navy blue loungewear was unbuttoned,