Meeting You Was Fate

Chapter 50 Explain Yourself, Please

"Huh?" Nathan sneered with irritation. "I haven't even given you a reply?" "Mandy, are you out of your mind? Open the WeChat and check my messages."

Nathan was angry. He had sent a dozen WeChat messages to her, urging her to go home early for dinner, but she hadn't replied to any of them. NôvelDrama.Org exclusive content.

Mandy was lost. She quickly took out her mobile phone from her bag and turned on the Internet. She found that Nathan had indeed sent her many replies.

Her hand holding the mobile phone was slightly shaking. She stood there in embarrassment and didn't know what to do. She just knew that she had made Nathan angry again.

Mandy lowered her head like a child who had made a mistake. She clenched her fists nervously and didn't dare to look up at Nathan.

"Explain to me why you came back so late." Nathan stretched his legs and put an icy look on his face.

"Like what I said on WeChat, I was late due to my colleague's birthday," Mandy answered in a low voice. There was fear in her voice because she was afraid to get Nathan mad again.

"Colleague?" He was skeptical. "Male or female? How many people went there?" he probed. Nathan asked the series of questions like a case being interrogated.

She didn't expect that he would be so narrow-minded and ask such questions. 'I'm not even dating him. Why should I explain myself?' Mandy thought.

Despite her hesitation, Mandy still confidently explained, "He is a resident doctor of our department. All members of our department were there." To avoid Nathan's suspicion, Mandy added, "Seventeen people went to the party."

"Quit your job at the hospital," Nathan said slowly. He was apparently not happy of her answer, and his face was hard to ignore.

"Why?" Mandy asked angrily. She thought, 'I didn't do anything wrong. Why do I have to quit my job? What should I do after I resign?' Now, her mind was full of questions. 'How could I earn money without a job?'

"I don't like drunk women," Nathan said coldly and stood up. The light fell on the side of his face, and his eyes were indescribable.

"I promise I won't drink anymore. But for you to ask me to quit my job? That's too much!" Mandy riled while looking at him with her big eyes.

"Too much?" Nathan asked. "Mandy, who on earth went too far? I've been waiting for you since you got off from work, I haven't even had dinner yet. Who do you think is more unreasonable?" Nathan retaliated with fury. He was like a beast, out of control, and lashing out at Mandy.

'He hasn't had dinner yet?' Mandy was stunned and confused. He had waited for her to have dinner!

"Why are you so silly? Why did you not have dinner?" Mandy asked in a low voice and quietly walked to Nathan.

The unusual stench of alcohol from her made him uncomfortable. He frowned for a moment, and then his eyes suddenly became fierce. He didn't answer her, but continued to say, "Mandy, do you remember the last time you went to a bar? You met a hooligan, and someone put drugs in your wine."

Panic flooded Mandy's eyes. She stared at Nathan with confusion.

Annoyed by the way she acted, he said, with his eyes dark, "Don't give me that look. It wasn't me. I didn't ask someone to do that. But you know what? You were so sexy and hot that night."

Mandy was so mad that she couldn't say a word. 'Was it her fault that she was drugged?'

"As a woman, you should keep your self-esteem and self-respect high," Nathan reminded her. His voice was stern, but a touch of compassion was evident.

"What do you mean?" Mandy asked with a bewildered expression. "Do you mean that I don't have self- esteem and self-respect?" she asked aggressively with irritation. Even though Mandy was usually good-tempered, hearing those words was an irritating sound to her ears that made her lose her self- control. Besides, she was drunk, and the alcohol made her bold. As the saying goes, "A new-born calf is not afraid of a tiger."

"Don't you?" Nathan asked furiously. "No sensible women would behave like that. Coming home at midnight and drunk." Nathan's tone was cold, and his black eyes flashed with contempt.

His piercing gaze made Mandy uncomfortable, but she had to endure it. She had no choice but to keep all her words to herself. After all, he was the boss. Arguing with Nathan was a dead end. She couldn't win him over, let alone quarrel with him. Mandy was under his protection, so she had to listen to him.

Mandy went into the kitchen and cooked a bowl of noodles for Nathan. She cursed him silently as she cooked the noodles. She thought that such a wicked man like him shouldn't live in this world.

If it hadn't been for only a month, Mandy would have gone crazy.

'Go ahead, ' she thought. 'This will soon be over.' With an emotionless face and dull mood, Mandy walked out of the kitchen with a bowl of seafood noodles in her hands.

Still wearing the apron, Nathan squinted and looked her up and down. 'She's so virtuous, ' he thought at that image of her.

That scene was what Nathan had envisioned for his future. He would have had a wife who loved him very much, a cute daughter, and a family of three living in this villa.

But when his eyes caught Mandy's face, he swiftly changed his mood and looked indifferent. It was just a fantasy, after all. The person he wanted most wasn't Mandy.

Although Mandy was slow in reaction, she also noticed a strange expression in Nathan's eyes. She put down the seafood noodles and stood aside silently.

It took Nathan a long time to sit down. He stared at the bowl of noodles with shrewd eyes, as if he first wanted to scrutinize it.

"Don't worry. It's not poisonous," Mandy sarcastically commented. She smirked at the thought that Nathan was afraid of being poisoned. Honestly, she wanted to, but she didn't dare.

"Of course, I don't think you have the guts to do that," Nathan answered. He took his chopsticks and indulged in his food. He was starving, so he didn't talk much.

Sitting across from him, with her cheeks propped up on her hands, Mandy watched him gobble up the noodles. He ate the noodles in an elegant manner without making a sound. As a child, Mandy was trained to do the same. She had been cautious all these years. It was not until she saw the way Nathan ate that she realized that such a life was very restrained.

Since childhood, Madeline taught her not to make any noise while eating, so she had developed this habit. But sometimes, she was really hungry and wanted to wolf up all the food in front of her. Mandy felt as if there were two people living in her body. In fact, she didn't want to be so prim and proper a lady.

"What are you thinking?" Nathan had finished the whole bowl of noodles with satisfaction up to the last drop.

"What?" He cleared his throat. "Is it delicious?" Mandy smiled gently. She was no longer nervous when she looked into Nathan's eyes.

"Yeah, just right," Nathan simply said and smiled. Deep inside, Nathan silently praised her cooking. The food was so delicious, but he didn't say a word about it.