The Reunion After Seven Years

Nicole looked up at Kerr with a pained expression on her face. "Kerr?" Her voice sounded strained. "I'm hungry." She hadn't eaten a morsel since noon.

Ever since she had gotten pregnant, all she seemed to do was eat and no amount of rest was enough. She had just come back from her long walk though so, it was normal for her to be tired and hungry.

Kerr pulled her up gently and ran his fingers through her long hair. He walked her towards the dining room.

Kerr looked down at her flushed face and smiled. As long as she was safe, he was happy. Nothing that had happened before mattered at this point.

He helped her into the chair at the dining table and grabbed the spoon just as Nicole was reaching for it. Her pregnancy was making her wolf down food and Kerr insisted on feeding her slowly.

Harley was leaning against a wall at the other end of the room, watching them. "Where on Earth are you coming from? You look like a mess; what happened to you?" He sat at the chair on the opposite side of the dining table, as far from her as possible.

Being a doctor had given him severe mysophobia. He couldn't bring himself to sit closer to her as she ate.

Nicole frowned and looked up at Harley. "You find me disgusting, don't you? If you walked as much as I did by yourself, with a baby in your stomach, you would probably be dirtier than I am."

Nicole wasn't much bothered with how she looked, but with Harley's comments, she became very self-conscious. She looked down at herself. "Kerr?"

She had barely started her question when Kerr put a spoonful of porridge in her mouth.

"You don't need to worry about a thing. You're hungry and you need to eat. Staying healthy is the only important thing right now." He couldn't care less about how she looked and resented Harley for his comments.

Nicole felt a rush of love and chewed the food in her mouth happily.

While Nicole focused on her food, Kerr shot Harley a look wanting him to shut up.

the hint

You should probably give him a call soon or

for even a second before turning to reach for the

happened?" Harley looked at Kerr inquiringly once Nicole's

rather it stays that way. The lesser she knows the better." Nicole's face was

he would never tell her about it. He preferred

the car when it happened?" Harley had been wanting to ask him

behind this. His first order of business was to make sure that

she was overly sensitive now. He didn't want to give her a reason to

her get some rest."

then went to hug Nicole from behind. She was in the middle of a little joke when she felt

whispered this into her ear and Nicole hung up

time to react and instead, picked

her arms around his neck and looked at him, "Do you find me ugly now Kerr?" Of course she knew that Kerr's

little thing and wanted to make sure she didn't slip during her bath. He

always beautiful." He placed her in the bathtub carefully and planted a kiss

you go out today?" He wanted to try

Lily. She had brought me the gift box and then we went out for a bit. When I found out that she was acting strange, she

of her own kindness. If it hadn't been for that, I probably would have been taken to Moore." Nicole felt grateful, but was

pictures of her from Moore. He'd been threatening her with them for too long now. Can you help her please?" She stroked his cheek and kissed

that Kerr would agree no matter what

it. You don't have to worry anymore." He wrapped her with a bath towel and carried her

had given her from the night stand, he put it on her left wrist. "Keep this