You Complete Me novel (Skylar and Coralie)

"Really? You're from our school?"

Coralie smiled as she posed the question.

"She is my cousin, Jamie George, a sophomore this year."

Skylar explained to Coralie, and then said to Jamie. "And this is Coralie."

"So you're my junior." When it came to college, the smile on Coralie became broader. "What are you majoring in?" she asked.

"I'm in the School of Finance, just like you, Coralie."

Jamie answered.

Coralie studied accounting during college. When she graduated, she was recruited by a good accounting firm because she was good at English. However, the office was located in the New District of the city, it was too far away from home. Howard hoped that she could take care of the family, so Coralie eventually gave up this job.

Due to the fact that she did not find a suitable job during graduation, she had no choice but to become an executive assistant.

"Coralie, I heard that you were always the top student of the class. It was a common thing for you to get a full scholarship. If you have time, please tutor me!" said Jamie.

Jamie had a wide range of hobbies, from Taekwondo to e-sports.

It was her mother's idea to study accounting. She did not like it at all.

"I might have forgotten about them," replied Coralie.

"It's okay, it's okay," Jamie said.

Jamie talked with Coralie about different topics related to her college life, which provided Coralie a moment of relief from this depressing environment. She started smiling more naturally. Skylar chatted with his cousins around him for a while. He turned his head inadvertently and saw her sweet smile and relaxed look. The sad expression she had when talking to Elsa had gone. He felt a little relieved now, and could not help but look at her for a few more times.

"Coralie, my cousin was peeking at you."

Jamie saw him looking at Coralie and teased them.

Coralie turned her head and saw Skylar staring straight at her.

She hastily touched her face, asking "Is there something on my face?"

"No." Skylar responded.

Skylar was caught on peeping Coralie, so he shifted his attention to somewhere else rather awkwardly.

"Hey, brother, are you shy?"

Jamie snickered.

Coralie looked at Skylar and could not tell if it was a coincidence or not. His ears were a little red. She tried to help him out by asking, "Did you drink too much? If you can't drink, drink less." She was asking Skylar while trying to persuade herself.

Now, Coralie would always wonder if Skylar did like her.

Every time he stood up for her, Coralie would misunderstand.

However, she was afraid of misunderstanding. Such misunderstandings always made her seem to be looking forward to something.

"Let's go and give granny a toast," Skylar said.

Coralie tried to persuade him to drink less, but Skylar still picked up the glass and pulled her over in order to give a toast to Grandmother Holland.

Both of them held the wine and walked towards Grandmother Holland. Skylar said first, "Grandma, let's toast to you."

"We wish that granny will always be healthy and live a long prosperous life."

Coralie congratulated her too.

"Thank you, Skye, thank you, Coralie." Grandmother Holland said.

Grandmother Holland took Coralie's hand and patted it. "My dear girl, I know you've been wronged by marrying into our family."

"No, granny, I'm not."

Coralie shook her head repeatedly.

Grandmother Holland was an elder. Coralie felt awkward for her to say so.

"Although granny can barely see, I can feel that they don't like you, but I like you. As long as I'm alive, I will protect you well."

Grandmother Holland spoke slowly and earnestly.

Coralie listened, and tears welled up in her eyes. She put down the glass and hugged Grandmother Holland. "Granny, I will definitely treat you well and Skylar too. Nothing else is more important." Coralie promised.

While addressing Skylar, her tone was much more gentle.

When she hugged Grandmother Holland, she could feel that Grandmother Holland was not as healthy as everyone expected.

Grandmother Holland was very weak and it seemed that she could not use her strength at all. Her being energetic was her pretense.

"Good girl." Grandmother Holland pulled her close and raised her head to say to Skylar, "Skye, I know they said that you only married Coralie because she will bring good luck to the family. But Coralie is a good girl, do not let her down."

Skylar bent down and nodded, "Granny, don't worry. I will treat her well."

Although he said so, Grandmother Holland could not see it.

When Skylar said this, his eyes were colder than the snow during winter.

Coralie looked at him and her heart felt cold.

In the evening, the banquet was over. Skylar sent Coralie back to her rented house as usual.

That community was so old that there were no street lights at night. Skylar's car light became the only light source in the whole community.

"Thank you."

When they arrived at the building entrance, Coralie bowed and thanked him.

Skylar glanced at the dark corridor behind Coralie and frowned slightly. After thinking for a while, he said, "I'll walk you upstairs."

She did not expect that Skylar would suggest accompanying her to her house. But thinking about what happened that night, she hesitated for a moment and refused. "It's okay. I'm used to going up and down every day. You don't have to worry about me."

Coralie smiled, indicating that he could rest assured. Then she turned around, ran into the corridor, and sprinted upstairs.

It seemed that she was afraid that Skylar would catch up to her.

Skylar asked the driver to drive the car out while he took a walk around the community.

As the young master of the Holland Family, he had never seen such a community. It was dilapidated and garbage was all over the floor.

There were even rats running around the flower bed in the middle of the complex.

The trash cans were not attended by anyone, it made the whole place stink.

Although the space between each building was large, the sound proof was terrible. He stood on the empty road of the community and could even hear the quarreling of couples and the crying of children. "Hey, are you sure that it was a lady from building 7?"

"Yes, I hit the door hard that it was almost broken down by me. I went to take a look today, the door had not been changed."

Skylar walked around the community and heard two drunk men talking.

Building 7?

Skylar thought for a moment. When Coralie called him for help that day, she seemed to say she lived in Building 7.

"Look, the light is on again, that lady is back again."

"Let's go. Her unit is on the top floor, no one will notice" "Hey hey hey hey."

The two drunk men were talking, reeking of alcohol.

The 7th building, the 5th floor, the door being smashed that day, everything matched the description from Coralie that day.

He walked towards the drunk men and without hesitation, punched them in the face.

"Who the f*ck are you? How dare you hit me!" the drunk man grunted.

The drunk man was stunned by him. It was late at night, and he could not see clearly who was in front of him. He only knew it was a very tall man of average size in a suit.

"You brat, how dare you to hit me!" the man yelled.

"Beat him!" the other drunkard said.

The two drunkards rushed towards Skylar.