The Reunion After Seven Years

Jared saw Kerr approaching and immediately looked up to give him a report.

"Mr. Qin is fine. He was shot with a tranquilizer dart but doesn't seem to have any injuries."

He pulled the needle out of Ken's arm and handed it to Kerr.

"Bring him to the hospital, but don't inform the Qin family for the time being,"

Kerr instructed Jared. He took a look at the surroundings, his eyes sweeping the warehouse for every detail. The small sunroof diagonally above him caught his attention.

Before he could get nearer to examine the window, a tranquilizer gun appeared.

"Move away!"

Kerr yelled urgently. He twisted his body deftly and managed to dodge the tranquilizer dart that was shot out of the window.

Not too far away, Nicole was not so lucky.

She was glued to the spot, unable to see anything and exposed with nowhere to hide. She had never felt so scared in her entire life.

"Ah!"

She felt a sharp pain in her arm, as if something had stung her. Instinctively, she raised her hand to the spot to brush it away. Much to her surprise, it wasn't an insect but something that felt like a needle.

"Nicole!"

Kerr was about to rush to her side to pull her into his arms when a man clad in black suddenly appeared from behind her and held a dagger against her throat.

"Stay where you are, Mr Gu. Even if you accidentally get any closer, my hand will slip and accidentally cut open this young lady's artery too."

The man's voice was clear and menacing. He had never expected to meet Kerr there today, but it seemed to be a very good opportunity that was not to be wasted.

"What do you want?"

Judging from what the man had said, Kerr was sure the man knew him well.

for Nicole's sake, but he couldn't risk allowing her to get hurt. She was already weakened by

you're such a kind-hearted person. I haven't actually decided what I want yet, but I wouldn't mind accepting your verbal promise in return for her safety. When I've figured out what I really want, I'll come

pretend

tone was casual and relaxed, as though he was a friend chatting about the weather, instead of a gangster threatening a woman with a

bright eyes were hidden under the brim of his hat, but he could feel Nicole's body starting to get heavier in his hands, and was starting

long as we don't meet in these circumstances again, I will fulfill my promise and

smart man.

any calmer though. After all, Nicole's life was literally in the man's

he could see Nicole's

Mr. Gu. Till next time,

of Nicole and quickly jumped into the car, which then sped out of

"Nicole!"

caught her

was going on. She was about to lift her hand to fight him away, but when she recognized his voice, she let her guard down. Before she could utter a single

hesitating, Kerr picked up her limp body and

really valued his woman more than his good friend. He turned his

put this on," he told

down and carried the unconscious Ken out of

took the coat from him and put

one hand tightly locked on Nicole's hand. He felt

How do

her brush off the dart almost immediately after getting shot, which meant that not much of the tranquilizer had managed to enter

had shot at her was mainly to

head. She tried to open her eyes but found only darkness in front of them. She raised her hand to slowly to remove the tie that Kerr had wrapped there to avoid her from seeing the blood earlier. She looked at

Bonnie?" she asked

in the direction of

They're in the car behind us, Jared is driving.

were on the steering wheel, but he kept looking in her direction every few seconds. His eyes were full of tenderness as they gazed at

"How do you feel?"

see that Nicole was still panicked, obviously worried for