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,"

could still catch

she had never looked this 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 but it was obvious that

gratefully at his words and her eyes

sleep, but she just wasn't in the mood to talk. Anyway, Jay was there, so there wasn't much she could say. To tell the truth, she didn't exactly know how to

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

long before

like Uncle Fang. I

her earnestly before entering his

watched her son disappearing into his room and

The man she liked...

head. She shook her head violently to get

on the phone with a

she saw him coming

days. Don't forget to go pick her up, okay? This is her

that said that he

I told you before, I've fallen in love with someone else. I mean it. I want her to be my wife. You'll give me your blessing,

other than Nicole, but at the same time, he didn't want to disappoint his mother. As hard as it was, it

have the right to make his own choice. The existence of Jay posed a slight problem, but

matter what, you still need to bring her home to meet us, Baron. We need to evaluate your other half's identity and status since you are the only

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 public eye. What happened in

will be happening in three days. I plan to bring her as my

opportunity to introduce Nicole to everyone and let them

Fang didn't think it was a good idea at all, but she didn't say no to him. After all, it was better to meet the

woman he had fallen so madly for. She must be quite

the three days that followed, Nicole didn't meet Kerr at all. No one mentioned him either, not even Jay and the other

even felt as though life 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

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