The Reunion After Seven Years

When Kerr saw the distant and cautious expression on Nicole's face, he couldn’t help but feel upset about it. He tried to hold her in his arms again, but she quickly dodged his attempts.

"Nicole, why don't you trust me?"

He was already aware that Nicole tended to be stubborn. His scandal with Sunny also didn't help; it was probably imprinted in Nicole's mind. Even though he couldn't explain everything to her yet, he still didn't want her to push him away.

Despite hearing Kerr's question, Nicole still didn't look up at him. She just raised her hand to her cheeks to wipe away the remaining tears and took a deep breath, as if she was trying to gather the courage to look at him in the eye.

"What do you want me to believe, Mr. Gu? Do you expect me to believe that nothing happened between you and Sunny? Even if you were innocent in this, it is obvious that you cannot deny your relationship with Sunny to the public. You can't even explain anything to me. If it was really nothing, you wouldn't have let the rumors go for this long," she explained to him.

"But what did you do? What else did you do besides telling me repeatedly to trust you? Be honest with me. You and Sunny are meant to be together, right?" she asked.

"You can't change the relationship, can you?"

Nicole's voice was calm. Recently, she found out many things that she wished hadn't. Admittedly, she was angry when she found out those things but eventually, she calmed down.

She wanted to believe in Kerr but she knew in her heart that she shouldn't dare. The more she gave herself time to think about it, the clearer everything became for her. She couldn't afford to entangle herself with Kerr and his life. It was just too complicated. Someone more powerful was probably behind Kerr.

She didn't want to be someone who would depend so much on Kerr. She wasn't that kind of person.

"Nicole, please just give me some time. I promise I will take care of it."

If he were being honest, Kerr was pretty surprised at how calm Nicole looked while they talked. He didn't expect that she would see the situation clearly.

for Nicole so she could protect herself and Jay from any more pain. All these years, Nicole had done everything by herself. She had to remain

but feel sorry for Nicole

this will take for you to fix? I didn't mean to make things so hard for you. Please, just let me go. I just can't

is always going to live under your shadow, Mr. Gu. I'm sorry. I am grateful for everything you

pay you back

curt nod to

from him. She also felt like there was something stuck in her throat. It felt as if

the only one who knew how hard it was for her to not hug Kerr. She

was not yet solved, he had no right to hug her or even come hear

shadow didn't even cross through his mind. That wasn't what he wanted for her. If he loved

around the corridor of the hospital in low spirits. She had an aura of gloominess around her

"Nicole?"

other end of the hallway, Nicole saw

"Hi, Avery," Nicole greeted.

Avery, she really wanted to smile at her. But no matter how hard she tried to flex the muscles on her face, she just couldn't seem to flash her even the smallest

this isn't the best time for you. How is my godson? You should

and gave

She was really sad to see how miserable Nicole looked. Nobody on earth knew Nicole the way Avery did. Nicole had always been stubborn

someone was, they could still be hurt. Being strong did not mean that they were immune to pain. It just meant that they could tolerate it

long as I take good care of him, he will

her and led Avery to Jay's