The Reunion After Seven Years

Making her way to the big tree, Nicole sat beside Kerr and snuggled up to him.

She couldn't tell what exactly happened, if it was all an illusion or not, but she could sense his sadness even though he was smiling. Nonetheless, looking at him now, she was relieved to find his face washed with calmness.

Traces of the cold, powerful man was nowhere to be found, rather she was in the arms of the man she loved.

He placed his arm around Nicole's shoulder and gently kissed her hair.

"Aren't you curious about it?"

From how he knew Nicole, he found it quite odd that she was so quiet by his side. It was a rare sight.

"You will tell me when you're ready."

With a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, Nicole spoke in a firm tone. Although she was very curious, she didn't want to force Kerr to tell her about his past.

"It's not something that I want to share it with you. It's not a pleasant story. I don't want to scare you away."

He wanted to avoid talking about what happened in his past.

He knew that Nicole had a simple life, and the background of his family was too complicated for her. He was worried that she might get scared off. Because of that all he wanted was to decrease Nicole's involvement in his past life.

With the incident last night, the Gu family was bound to investigate the people around him.

"Alright, then you should at least tell me a good story."

She decided not to prod on the topic again.

bad memories, so she

accident. The hunter was very fond of the hedgehog, but the hedgehog always pricked him with its quills. Then the hunter found

all the pets around him and made the hedgehog the only one. So

gently at the woman in his arms, trying to send

up when they were together, he thought of her as the little hedgehog covered with thorns, full of aggressiveness, but Kerr

eyebrow at him.

a hedgehog?

metaphor that Kerr was trying to imply? It turned out that he had always

known what her hesitations were and was merely waiting for her to get closer to him, step by step. Nicole was the hedgehog who couldn't face the true feelings in her heart

you are, my love for

man who sugar-coated his words. In the past, he didn't need to tell anyone what he was thinking about. But when he was with Nicole, he couldn't help telling her

serious Kerr looked, she blushed. She released her hand and lowered her head.

want you to know that I'm different from other women. The man I want should know that I'm the only woman in his life. I can't accept to share you with

to love, so she hoped that Kerr would be willing to love only

go before I get deeply involved. I can accept that you don't love me, but I can't

Nicole said, Kerr nodded slightly and held her in his

you to worry about, because the only woman I

promise to Nicole. He knew a lot of things would be difficult at this point in time, considering what happened yesterday, but he still

up to him. He hoped she wouldn't come to regret her decision by the time she found out. He couldn't

keep your word, I

thought of her little

out in surprise. Seeing how much Kerr liked Jay,

to see

told him instinctively that the surprise