The Reunion After Seven Years

"Excuse me."

Kerr stood up abruptly and walked out of the dining room.

When Nicole saw what Kerr had done, she couldn't help feeling touched. Had he hidden his injury because he was worried that she would faint at the sight of blood? Was he taking care of her feelings subconsciously?

The thought made her feel slightly melancholy. She couldn't believe that Kerr cared about her that much.

"Mommy, Uncle Gu is angry."

Next to her, Jay looked up at her innocently. He didn't look panicked, instead his little eyes seemed to be filled with helplessness.

It seemed that the grownups world was a lot more complicated than his.

"It's not your fault, dear. Don't worry about it,"

she smiled at him comfortingly as she stroked his hair. She temporarily ignored her curiosity about Kerr's sudden departure and focused on Jay. Looking at his little face, she felt like she was looking at Kerr.

She didn't see Kerr again until the dinner ended.

"Miss Ning, my apologies but Mr Gu can't be interrupted at the moment. He is currently taking an overseas call,"

Vedder told her respectfully. He was standing at the entrance of Gu family villa.

"It's okay, Vedder. Could you please tell him I'm very sorry about what happened earlier? It's already rather late, I need to take Jay home."

Nicole took a quick look in the direction of the stairs before saying goodbye to Vedder. Then she took Jay's hand and left.

When they got into the car, Nicole leaned her head against the door. She felt and looked as though she hadn't slept in days.

"If you are tired, you can close your eyes for a while. I'll wake you up when we arrive,"

Even though he was driving, he could still catch the strange look on Nicole's face from the

tired no matter how busy her schedule was. He could even detect a slight sense of loss from her behavior. He knew better than to ask

at his words and her eyes fluttered

Jay was there, so there wasn't much she could say.

be a huge mess ever since she had met Kerr. No matter how hard she tried,

take long before they arrived

it's okay if you like Uncle Fang. I will try my

her earnestly before entering his

into his room and

The man she liked...

her head. She shook her head

on the phone with a smile on her face. She

enough, as soon as she saw him coming in, she hung up and beamed

forget

him, in a tone that said that he had no

mean it. I

same time, he didn't want to disappoint his mother. As hard as it was, it was time to

happiness. He should have the right to make his own choice.

home to meet us, Baron. We need to evaluate your other half's identity and status since you

that his family didn't have the luxury of marrying for love. For a family of their status, marriage was more like a partnership, it was all about mutual benefits. All they had to do was respect each other and take care of each other's image in the

three days.

was the perfect opportunity to introduce Nicole to everyone

After all, it was better to meet the woman who had

curious to know what kind of woman he had fallen so madly for.

at all. No one mentioned him either, not even Jay and the other

was finally going back to the way it had been before she had met him. It was as though she had never gotten to know him. Even though she had wished for her life to go back to normal, she couldn't help feeling a faint sense of loss

dress that you asked me to pick up. It's lovely. Do