Meeting The One For Me

Chapter 150

Nathan stormed out and slammed the door behind him.

Carol furrowed her brows in annoyance and grabbed her coat before heading to her room.

Nathan couldn’t get Carol’s words out of his head. “I heard Audrey’s volce when I was on the phone with Joseph this morning,” she’d said.

He drove with one hand on the wheel.

Some things became clearer in Nathan’s mind.

In high school, during the joint military training, someone confessed to Audrey–and he punched them without hesitation.

Audrey took him to the infirmary to tend to his split lip.

Audrey wore two braids in his memory, and sunlight streamed through the window, outlining her delicate features.

She carefully tended to his wound with a cotton swab, gently blowing on it.

Nathan was caught up in the moment and kissed Audrey softly.

of her lips

he

Audrey consistently ranked first in school in

of the grade announcement board, Audrey, with her high ponytail, would first search for his name on

her face would light up instantly. “You’ve

them, “Audrey scored 300 in the comprehensive exam because the paper was only

furrowed his brows and touched his

racing heart made it impossible for him to

sense of inferiority back then–constantly feeling like he couldn’t match up to Audrey’s

up to her. He slammed the brakes and stopped the car on the side of the road. He clutched his chest tightly,

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like he was suffocating from the

he pictured the day he bumped

coat and said she

in his chest intensified, making

tightly

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his veins bulging at the surface. It was as if Audrey’s countless voices were drilling into his mind, the

to the amusement