No. 520, Haibin Road
Mandy was settled on the sofa watching TV. Since Nathan had left the place, she felt more relaxed as she chuckled and grinned from time to time with the television host, who was working hard to make his viewers laugh.
As the car pulled to a halt, Nathan got out of the Lamborghini, and he walked fast like the wind.
As he reached his destination, Nathan pushed the door open and went inside.
Lillian, who was taken aback by the immediate arrival of Nathan, just came out of the kitchen area with a glass of milk in her hand.
"Mr... Mr. Jin, you are back," Lillian addressed him in a quivering tone.
Ignoring Lillian, Nathan stormed past her with a fuming face.
'There is something wrong here. Determining from his face, Miss Zhou will probably go through punishment tonight, ' Lillian assumed to herself as she held her chest.
Sure enough, Mandy did a double-take when she saw Nathan with an immediate appearance in front of her. At that moment, she was watching TV on the sofa.
"Mr... Na–, you are back!" Mandy was no fool. When she saw the dangerous expression on Nathan's face, she would have preferred to call him as Mr. Jin, but when she recalled that Nathan had told her to address him as Nathan, she rushed to amend. However, peering at his malcontent features, she couldn't call out his complete name.
"What? How dare you call me by my name?" Nathan despised as he stood tall and strong before Mandy, blocking her view.
At the time, Mandy heard a very amused chuckle coming from the special guest on the TV, but she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
She thought about what could possibly have driven Nathan to such a rage, that he suddenly became so disinterested.
Mandy felt Nathan was shrouded in obscurity. She managed to not provoke him further by looking at him, nor did she talk back to him.
"I..." Looking at him with her adorable eyes, Mandy attempted to open her mouth, only to feel as if something was clogging in her throat.
"Follow me upstairs!" Nathan ordered as he turned on his heels and glared at Mandy over his shoulder.
Mandy quivered as if she was being forced into an ice vault. Accompanying him, she caught sight of Lillian, giving her a sympathetic glance from where she stood at the living room's exit with a tense expression on her face.
"Clickety-clack!" the door was bolted loudly and with absolutely precision.
Mandy's heart seemed chewed up, and it had landed on the floor.
She had no idea what to do next as she stared fixedly at the floor with a stooped head. Biting her bottom lip, she appeared like a crook bracing to be queried.
The issue made Mandy consider what she had done wrong now. A few hours ago, Nathan was great and even said "good night" to her on the phone. But why had he abruptly become angry like this after returning home? Who could bear his freakish character?
"Who were you meeting with while I was gone?" Nathan asked as he yanked Mandy and pushed her against the wall. There was no room for her to back up.
"I… I haven't met anyone," Mandy responded, exhaling out sharply as her brain blanked out. 'What have I said wrong? What have I done wrong?' she thought to herself.
"You are lying!" Nathan growled, glaring at her with no glimpse of tenderness in his solemn eyes. Then, he suddenly clutched her jaw with his long fingers and forced her to raise her chin.
"I didn't!" Mandy's heart was racing, and she struggled while she pronounced those words under the pressure of his grasp.
"You are deceiving reason with me! I grant you this chance to figure it out. Mandy, you should know that you can't deceive me!" Nathan bellowed with his eyes fierce and startling.
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