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,"

driving, he could still catch the strange look on Nicole's face

Manhattan, she had never looked this tired no matter how busy her schedule was. He could even detect a slight sense of loss

gratefully at his words

knew it would be impossible to 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

ever since she had met Kerr. No matter how hard she tried,

take long before

like Uncle Fang.

earnestly

watched her son disappearing into his

The man she liked...

face popped into her head. She shook her head violently to get rid of

his mother was on the phone with

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

forget to go pick her up, okay? This is her

that said that he had

mean it. I want her to be my wife. You'll give me your

same time, he didn't want to disappoint his mother. As hard as it was, it was time to take a stand for the

wanted to be in control of his happiness. He should have the right to

meet us, Baron. We need to evaluate your other half's identity and status since you are the only heir of the

mother was slight annoyed with his stubbornness. He should know by now that his family didn't have the luxury of marrying for love. For a family of their status, marriage was more like a partnership,

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

opportunity to introduce Nicole to everyone and let them

say no to him. After all, it was

know what kind of woman he had fallen so madly for. She must be quite a wonder if he was this persistent about

days that followed, Nicole didn't meet Kerr at all. No one mentioned him either, not

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 and

me to pick up. It's lovely. Do you