The Reunion After Seven Years

When Nicole reached out her hand, Jay managed to pull the phone away just in time.

Eyeing Nicole warily, he clutched the phone in his small hands. The corners of his mouth rose in a slight, but unmistakable, smile.

"Mommy, you really should pay more attention in future. If you're not careful, you could damage me. As a parent and an adult, you're responsible for everything you say and do. I'm only six years old. There's no way a child should be seeing stuff like this!

I'm saving the photo as evidence for now. And if it ever happens again, I think you need to kick the old man out, you know?"

It had taken Jay a lot of effort to get hold of this photo and he wasn't about to hand it over to his mom without a fight. Besides, the old man had taken her away from him last night. This time, Jay really wanted to teach him a lesson!

Jay couldn't help feeling happy when he imagined the scene of Kerr being rejected by Nicole. The old man would surely be angry. Jay definitely wasn't about to let the old man win every battle.

Nicole looked at her son's earnest little face. He really meant business. In response, she could only nod in agreement. Jay was such a naughty kid sometimes that it gave her a headache.

She could never have predicted that she'd have a paparazzo living in her own house.

"If I remember rightly, the room I slept in last night was mine. You should sleep in your own room too," Kerr said. He had heard what Jay had said.

Sitting next to Nicole, he regarded Jay with a cool, calm gaze. After all, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what he'd done last night.

"You didn't get home on time after work, and even when you did come back it was obvious you'd been out drinking wine. Mommy was worried!" Jay took a deep breath. "Is that the way you take care of my mommy? And she's pregnant with my little sister, too. You must know that worrying is bad for my mommy and my little sister?"

man behaved like he didn't care.

had a point. Last night had been Kerr's fault, even though there had been another reason he hadn't come home

was that it was down to him if he'd worried Nicole so much that she couldn't sleep well. He stretched out his hand

you take a look at today's news, then maybe you'll see why I was so late back last night. And

that Zachary and Avery's engagement party yesterday had been covertly planned in advance

best friend and Kerr was sure she'd been looking forward to seeing her settle down

determined smile on Kerr's face and curiosity flooded through her. What on earth could have made Kerr get home so late, and why would she regret not having been

up to Kerr, a

"Here's today's paper, sir."

of the man's hands, handing it to Nicole without a second

to find out what was going on. Clutching the edges of the paper, she scanned the headlines quickly until she found the news she was looking for. It was a full-page spread, all about Avery and

brother and sister. Although, come to think of it, Zachary had always treated Avery very well, and

seemed so sudden, though. Nicole

shocked, and Kerr

just swept in and changed the

the way, I called Harley. After breakfast, I'm taking you

do the right thing this time. He wouldn't miss a single moment of Nicole's prenatal appointments. He wanted to witness in person the safe birth of her baby. Nobody in this world would hurt her or the

the newspaper, totally transfixed. She didn't hear a word of what Kerr was saying. As if in a trance, she stood up, walked to

through Avery's dream and she stirred in her sleep,

in the paper? Are you really getting