Meeting You Was Fate

"Last night, Nacy came to my villa. That wicked girl made Mandy think she was my girlfriend. Mandy drove me out of her room last night." Nathan groaned as he recounted the details of what had happened last night to Fred.

Fred didn't really share the same sentiments as he barked out loud with laughter. "You had it coming, man!"

Nathan bared out his teeth, snarling, "One more word, and I'll send you on a business trip to the desert."

Fred didn't say another word.

"I asked you here because I need your thoughts on something." Nathan took a sip of his drink before continuing, "Do you think Mandy has fallen in love with me?"

Fred raised his head at the question, just in time to meet Nathan's sharp gaze. He pursed his lips. "Mr. Jin, I haven't been in love for more than twenty years. I wouldn't know."

"You're no use," Nathan grumbled.

Although Nathan had affairs with many women before, he had never fallen in love with anyone else...At least, none except his first love. His first love had been like a cup of milk tea, soft and sweet. Mandy was like a glass of liquor—incapacitating and addictive. She was something he couldn't get enough off. One look at her, one thought of her, and Nathan would find himself drunk in the daylight.

Something emerged in Fred's eyes as he recalled his own past. When he had been young, he had served in the special forces together with his girlfriend. They had a great relationship, always having time for each other, even under armor and guns. Until a mission came up when his girlfriend had sacrificed herself to save him.

From then on, Fred had grown to realize that to be a real killer, he didn't need attachments in the real world. In front of his girlfriend's grave, he had promised that he wouldn't ever dare fall in love with another in his lifetime.

want to warn you. You can make Miss Zhou like you, even love you, but you must stick to your word. You mustn't fall in love with her, or else you'll suffer a fate

knew of the warning, knew it as it played in his mind over and over again, it seemed as if his heart had already betrayed him. He remembered how, last night, he

coffee, massaging his temples. One look closer, and one would be able to see the dark circles

asked uncertainly. Though his tone was calm,

said bluntly. Even as he said it, he knew it wouldn't be of any use. Nathan had been looking for Mandy all these years, and he wouldn't give up despite any difficulty

mulling over

'It's okay that she hates me. We'll stay by each other's side and

with him, he could guess what the man was thinking. He was stubborn. At this rate, he'd go through any lengths to get something

name of Bruce Xu. He was a childhood friend of Miss Zhou's. Now, he's a math teacher in City A, and Miss Zhou's cousin, Fiona Yu,

if a fire inside him was

sake of Bruce! And he hated the thought of it. He remembered how the man had appeared in her dream, and how Mandy had called for Bruce's help. At

Zhou isn't very close to Bruce. They only started contacting each other because of Fiona and the forum," Fred explained quickly when he caught sight of the dark look hovering on Nathan's expression.

have to explain for her. I know what to do!" Nathan

tonight, but now that this had come up, it seemed that he did not need to do it. He shouldn't have loved her in the first

His voice was dripping

it. It contained all of the relevant information on the man from the time he was born. Nathan scanned it briefly, disappointed that