Meeting You Was Fate

Mandy reached out her arms and put them around Nathan's waist. She leaned her head against his chest and giggled.
A sweet smile tugged on the corner of Nathan's mouth, and there was some incomprehensible emotion hidden deep in his eyes.
They began walking upstairs, step by step.
The light in the corridor was very bright. Mandy did not say a word as she quietly stared at the side of Nathan's handsome face.
She had mixed feelings in her heart. Nathan seemed to have lost weight these days, and his chin was thinner than before.
Mandy reached out and touched his stubble. The roughness of his beard tickled her fingertips.
When they finally arrived at the top floor, Nathan took a deep breath and led Mandy to the rooftop.
It was the dead of night. The dark sky was twinkling with a million stars. The stars in the night sky and the neon light from the city
intertwined, forming a lively scene.
From the rooftop, the scene below was stunningly full of life. Traffic surged, and the headlights and tail lights of the vehicles on
the streets registered to the naked eye like glowing agates. People walked to and fro like a bunch of ants going about their own
business.
Mandy had acrophobia, so she did not look down from where they were standing. She tightly buried herself in Nathan's arms and
pulled him away from the ledge to the center of the rooftop.
The wind picked up, blowing a breeze against Nathan and Mandy's skins.
Nathan hugged Mandy tightly in response to the chill air. He lovingly touched her cheek and asked, "Are you cold?"
"No, I'm okay." Mandy shook her head and smiled.
"Very well." Hearing Mandy, Nathan hesitated for a while and suddenly did not know what to say. He always wanted to hold
Mandy like this. He did not like seeing her stressed out and frowning all the time.
Mandy was sensitive enough to notice that Nathan was different from usual. She raised her head to look at him and asked,
"What is it? What's wrong? I feel like you have something to tell me."
Nathan subtly raised his eyebrows. He then smiled and answered, "You tell me what you have to tell me first."
"I don't understand what all the suspense is about," Mandy rolled her beautiful eyes as she replied in an intimate tone.

"I'm not beating around the bush. Ladies first," Nathan said with a gentle smile. He lowered his head and looked her straight in
the eye.
"Fine. Ladies first then. What I have to tell you..." Mandy looked back into Nathan's eyes. She pursed her lips and then relaxed
them. "Well, to be honest, I really don't have much to say. I just talked to Nana about Adrian. I sent Ms. Li an email, but she
hasn't responded. I have no idea what's taking her so long."
Hearing what Mandy said about Elizabeth, Nathan found it strange as well. His men could not locate her either. Elizabeth and
Shawn protected their personal privacy very well. They took a private plane to travel around the world. Even their son did not
know where they were now.
"What about Nana? Is she pregnant?" Nathan asked in a mild tone.
Mandy looked at him in confusion. But then, she shook her head. "I'm not sure if she's really pregnant. Judging from her
reactions lately, I say there's an eighty-percent chance that she might be pregnant."
"Do you want her to be pregnant?" Nathan asked seriously.
"I honestly hope she's not. If Nana gets pregnant before marriage, people will gossip about her. What's more, Monica is not a
good person. I'm afraid that she would make trouble for Nana again." Mandy lowered her head and sighed.
Nathan cupped her face with his hand. He remembered when she got pregnant before they got married and came to live with
him despite her parents' opposition. At that time, he still was not completely over Sharon, so he did not dare make promises to
Mandy. Thinking about it, Nathan felt a sudden pang of guilt in his heart. He wrapped his arms tighter around Mandy and held
her closer. He lifted her chin with his finger and said, "Honey, I'm sorry that I've let you down these years."
For a moment, Mandy did not understand what Nathan was trying to say. She wondered why he suddenly became so
sentimental.
She smiled kindly and replied, "What are you talking about? Don't go so sentimental on me all of a sudden. Bygones are
bygones."
Nathan smiled, leaned in, and gave her a big, passionate kiss. Then, he said, "You fool."
"You're the fool. You call me a fool all day long. If I'm a fool, then what are you?" Mandy grinned, her eyes twinkling with her
unique cleverness. She looked exactly the same as the first time they met.

Nathan found that he could not win when it came to his beloved wife. Did he take it for granted that he was a gentleman? He
proceeded to change the subject and said, "I heard that... You are jealous of those who find love in their school uniforms and
then end up in their wedding dresses."
Mandy frowned and blurted out resolutely, "Did you eavesdrop on me and Nana?"
"No, I didn't. It wasn't eavesdropping anyway. You didn't close the door." With a proud look on his face, Nathan quickly denied
that he was eavesdropping.
"Really? Is that the case? Well, I really admire those who find love in their school uniforms and then end up in their wedding
dresses. Many people fall in love when they're young, at an age where they don't know much about love. They meet, get to know
each other, stay by each other's side, and then ultimately choose each other, thinking it's love. They stay together and enjoy
each other's company for a while until they realize that they really don't love each other as much as they thought, or they no
longer love themselves as much as they did. Then, they break up. That being said, I think the school-uniform-to-wedding-dress
kind of love is very precious." Mandy then fell silent and thought, 'If Daniel's motives for approaching me did not involve those
complex things, perhaps we could have had a happy ending.'
"Well, we do have it good, don't we?" Nathan asked jealously, pursing his lips.
"Yes, of course. Some people get married after knowing each other for only a few days while others can't stay together even if
they have been in a relationship for seven years. It's just a matter of fate."
"You indeed have a silver tongue." Nathan's voice was cold but reassuring. He felt happy in his heart as Mandy's talk of destiny
seeped into his mind.
Mandy coughed and then cleared her throat. "And I find that you're becoming more and more narcissistic." Her beautiful eyes
were curved like the new moon hanging in the sky at that moment.
"I'm not only narcissistic. I also love you." Nathan squinted at her with a smile.
Standing on tiptoe, Mandy wrapped her arms around Nathan's neck and sealed their conversation with a gentle kiss. She was
going to let go, but he locked her in his arms.
In the ward, there was nothing but the sound of the clock ticking.
Tick-tock...

Fiona could not fall asleep. Lying on the bed, she touched her belly with her slender fingers. Her stomach seemed to be flat, and
she did not feel like she was pregnant at all. She was not ready to become a mother.