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.

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with Avery for the night. You should probably give him a call soon or he might not sleep too well tonight." Kerr put down the spoon

pause for even a second before turning to reach for the phone and give

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

nodded. "I'd rather it stays that way. The lesser she knows the better." Nicole's face was as clueless as ever. She

would never tell her about it. He

when it happened?" Harley had

that Moore was behind this. His first order of business was to make sure that no news

to Nicole and her pregnancy meant she was overly

I should get going now. Let her

waited for Harley to leave and then went to hug Nicole from behind. She was in the middle of a little joke when she felt the hug. "You should get some

her ear and Nicole hung up the phone and put

her any time to react and instead, picked

"Do you find me ugly now Kerr?" Of course she knew

carried Nicole straight to the bathroom for her bath. He took care of every little thing and wanted to make sure she didn't slip during her bath.

in that way. To me, you are always beautiful." He placed her in the bathtub carefully

go out today?" He wanted to try and figure out how

question had to come at some point. She sighed, "It was about 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 confessed to me that she hadn't sorted out her issues with Moore yet. She was

for that, I probably would have been taken to Moore." Nicole

with them for too long

agree no matter what she

she expected, he nodded and said, "I'll take care of it. You don't have to worry anymore." He wrapped her with a bath towel and carried her

and looked at her. Picking up the crystal bracelet he had given her from the