Meeting You Was Fate

Mandy had lied to Nathan, hoping that he wouldn't find out who Bruce was. She didn't like Bruce, which was why she didn't have any special feelings for him. For Mandy, Bruce was just a kind man whom she could trust like he was family. However, the relationship between them seemed to have grown a little complicated.

As she thought about this, she received a message on her phone. It was Bruce, and he was asking her if she had eaten dinner already.

When she read his message, she sat up straight, suddenly remembering what Fiona had said to her earlier. She looked at her conversation history with Bruce. Almost every day at around five o'clock in the afternoon, Bruce would ask her if she had had dinner. On top of that, he would also message her 'good morning' at the break of light, and 'good night' before she went to sleep. Since Mandy was so busy at work, she hardly got the chance to read the messages. And when she was off duty, she couldn't open his messages because Nathan was around.

"Not yet. How about you?" Mandy replied out of politeness.

"I'm eating right now," Bruce replied just seconds later.

Mandy hesitated for a while and then decided to text him back, "Okay, have your dinner first. I'll talk to you later."

With a sigh, she put down her phone and turned her attention to the piano. Her slender fingers glided along the keys. They were cool and smooth. It was obvious that this piano was cleaned every day and very well taken care of.

Mandy was in a daze as she stared down at the black and white keys. Once, there was a girl who would come play with her. Sometimes Mandy would play and take the lead, and sometimes it would be the other girl.

Now, with that girl gone, and Mandy felt that her music had lost its soul. No one else in the world could replace that connection they had. The girl was always on the same wavelength as she was. Without her, Mandy could do nothing but give up playing the piano.

Gently, she pressed her finger on one of the keys, its soft note ringing crispy in the air. At that moment, Mandy felt so lonely in her heart.

Shaking her head, she closed the lid and turned around. To her surprise, Nathan was there, leaning against the wall.

The sight of him made Mandy jump a bit, and a wave of thoughts came rushing through her head.

The sound of his leather shoes clacking on the wooden floors came to an abrupt end. It turned out that Nathan had come to stand by her side.

Aren't you any good?" he asked

I don't like playing the piano. In fact, I hate it," she lied in a panic. At that moment, she was so nervous

asked Mandy what her

lie to yourself

and I hate music. Please don't ever bring this up to me again," Mandy said, feeling a bit faint. Talking about it was like opening up a scar

your previous lover?" There was a mocking tone in his sneer. Nathan stood there in front of Mandy, his expression hadn't changed and his hands were

talking nonsense! This has nothing to do

know which one

on her face. Her clear eyes projected a touch of anger as their conversation developed.

"Feeling guilty?"

the closed piano lid. She stood up straight and said, "President Jin,

just say it. My family owns several luxurious houses by the sea,"

your prosperous family! Why are you making such a

and fixed his eyes on the piano. The garden house whiffed a mixture

eating dinner, Mandy sat on the sofa and attended to her dissertation. She had just recently finished writing it and was now checking if it needed any revisions. Recently, Mandy was having difficulty concentrating because of Nathan. She needed to focus on her dissertation and had

was scrolling on his tablet. Nobody knew what he was currently up

was a WeChat message. Mandy had received a message from Bruce. She didn't bother to

you reply to the message?" Nathan asked mockingly. He

how could he know

the sofa, the smile on Nathan's face deepened. "Have you eaten

typing and looked up. She looked straight into Nathan's cold

formed