Chapter 21 Dealing With A Scumbag


    "Are you fooling around with me? Is this just an act?" Mandy asked in distress. She couldn''t read what


    was going on in Nathan''s mind. Nathan chuckled.


    "Look, this is not a y, but a rehearsal. Life is like a drama. For now, I just want you to see it clearly


    and not be so desperate," Nathan said slowly, allowing her to understand. His dark eyes shone against


    the stillness of the dark night, radiating their unique manly charm.


    ''Desperate?'' Mandy heard the word echoing in her ears. She couldn''t fight it. Her tears were about to


    burst from her eyes as she sumbed to self-pity. She couldn''t believe Nathan called her desperate.


    She had always been an optimist. Mandy thought she had already mastered the art of hiding negative


    emotions. Unfortunately, Nathan could see through her, time and again.


    "Nathan Jin, you don''t know me. You know nothing. You don''t have the right to judge me. We live in two


    different worlds. I don''t want to get involved with you in any way. If ever I did you wrong, please do


    forgive me," Mandy said. She meant every word she said while looking firmly at his dark eyes. Mixed


    emotions ran through her whole body, but she was determined to tell Nathan that she wanted him out


    of her way…That she didn''t need his help….That she was not desperate. To seal her sincerity, she


    bowed to him. The thought of her father being bullied in the police station and the bruises on his face


    caused her so much pain. But she had to be strong and never allow distress to control her life. She


    used to have a carefree life when she was younger, and she was determined and strong enough to get


    that life back.


    "Two different worlds?" Nathan repeated in sarcastic confusion. "How could two worlds exist on earth?"


    he asked. "Stop pretending to be pure and lofty in front of me," Nathan added coldly. He was irritated at


    Mandy''s stubbornness and great pretense.


    Mandy swallowed as she couldn''t find the right words to say. She knew what Nathan meant, and she


    could exin, but his mean confrontation left her in silence.


    "Mandy, don''t be so stubborn." His handsome face portrayed impatience as his eyes narrowed. He was


    about to say something that might hurt her ego.


    "You are singing in front of a crowd for a living..." Nathan''s words were brought to a halt when Mandy''s


    phone suddenly rang.


    Mandy quickly canceled the call when she saw the caller''s ID. It was Daniel. She was not in the mood


    to answer it.


    A few secondster, she heard her message alert tone. She checked the message and found a photo


    of her father...helplessly beaten by a group of people at the police office. Mandy trembled in worry,


    pain, and anger. She mentally stammered, ''This is horrible! How could Daniel be so cruel and


    merciless?!'' She was about to cry again but controlled her weakness.


    Concerned by Mandy''s awful state, Nathan held her hand, cast a stern nce at her cell phone, and


    frowned.


    "Was it from your ex-boyfriend?" He knew it was. He just didn''t want to appear intrusive.


    Mandy nodded and deleted the photo quickly. She was heartbroken at the thought that her father was


    unjustly and severely suffering at the police office. "Over the years, my father treated Daniel well. Now,


    for whatever stupid reason I don''t understand, Daniel made a false charge against my father!" Mandy


    said furiously.


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    "There''s nothing you can do at the moment. It''s no use getting angry. The best way to deal with a


    scumbag is to punish him severely," Nathan calmly suggested. Though he calmly said the words, he


    himself was furious inside. He may have tried to hide it, but his eyes were burning with rage.


    Mandy held the phone tightly as tears welled in her eyes. She could no longer hold her frustrations and


    expressed them out loud.


    "Yes, I''m really useless! Yes, I''m good for nothing," she admitted. Lowering her head, she sobbed with


    her hands covering her tear-stained face, and she bit her lips in pain. She would never forget how


    humiliated and hurt she had been!


    "Be my woman. I can give you whatever you want. I''ll help you with your ns," Nathan said sharply. A


    hint of a malicious and insidious expression glimmered in his dark eyes. He didn''t like to see Mandy


    wearing a sad face. He wanted tofort her and wrap her in his strong arms at seeing the sheepish


    state she was in, but he controlled himself.