The Reunion After Seven Years

It looked like Sunny just came to talk to Kerr. Upon knowing what her purpose was for being there, Baron continued his walk towards the lounge.

He was aware that Nicole was inside the lounge next door, however, they were competitors now. The bidding was about to start. He knew he couldn't be seen with Nicole so he dialed her phone number.

"Are you nervous?"

When Nicole heard Baron's gentle and soothing voice, she couldn't help the faint smile that appeared on her face.

"Are you?"

This was her very last project in the Gu Group. She prepared for it thoroughly and meticulously before she came here. She had no reason to be nervous.

"It's already an honor just to be standing on the same stage as you. The result isn't that important,"

Baron answered Nicole, his tone relaxed.

At that moment, he honestly felt that business was less important than Nicole. He couldn't believe that when he was given the choice between business and Nicole, he would choose the business.

"Come on now. You know I won't pull my punches."

Nicole had a confident smile sketched on her face. However, it immediately disappeared when she felt a sudden discomfort in her stomach.

She realized that she didn't eat anything for breakfast because she was in a hurry to get to the site. For the past few days, Nicole worked overtime just to finish the project. She hadn't had a good rest ever since she started working. She ended up eating irregularly and it caused her to feel a little bit under the weather.

When she finished talking, she heard the door of the lounge suddenly open.

"Director Ning, the bidding has started. We need to sit down now,"

Jared informed Nicole as soon as they made eye contact with each other.

Nicole nodded at him and turned off her phone. She then picked up the documents and walked out of the lounge.

According to the enterprise's ranking, the Gu Group was ranked at the top. So naturally, Nicole would be the first to go up to the stage.

her bag to look for the USB flash drive but her blood suddenly ran cold when she couldn't find it. She froze. Her eyes widened as she frantically searched her bag

"What's wrong?"

Nicole, Kerr immediately noticed

she heard Kerr's voice, she frowned and shook her head. She took a deep breath as she realized that she wasn't going to find that USB. She looked around before she decided to go to the stage despite

stage, Nicole's project proposal was being shown on the large screen. However, she

"Mr. Gu, Miss Ning..."

he noticed that she went up the stage

doing anything about it. Kerr had enough faith in Nicole and trusted that she would pull through

My name is Nicole Ning, I am the project director of

fear vanished. She

it on her own. All the important details of it were engraved into her mind. She was aware that this event was broadcasted live. After all, it is a

was no room for

Nicole's eyes, he couldn't help but

data. She carried herself differently on stage. You wouldn't think that on normal days, she was the type of person who tended

"Nicole..."

knitted his eyebrows in worry. He called his assistant over and whispered something to her. She walked away for a minute and when she came back, she

was focused on Nicole, but Baron's gesture did not

like she was having some sort

He knew that Nicole's speech still had an hour left but he couldn't control himself. He stood up from his seat because he wanted to

was just a business deal. He could afford to lose it. Nicole, however, was a different story. He didn't want her

she frowned at him and tried to subtly give him signals not

"Get the car ready,"

However, he

glanced at Kerr out of the corner of her eye. Out of all people that stood beside the stage, Kerr was the nearest to her. She subtly placed her hand against

a lot of her time; she worked very hard just to complete it. She didn't want to leave Gu Group with any regret. She

longest hour that they all had experienced. As the minutes passed by, Kerr's eyes started to

the proposal that the Gu Group has prepared

to the audience and the representatives. It was finally over. As soon as she stood up, she suddenly felt darkness take over