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 and kept

the night. You should probably give him a call soon

turning to reach for the

seems to be pretty ignorant of everything that happened?" Harley looked at Kerr inquiringly once Nicole's

that way. The lesser she knows the better." Nicole's face was as clueless as ever. She knew

her

Harley had been wanting to ask him that

certain that Moore was behind this. His first order of business was to make sure that no news of this got out. He couldn't

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

Let her get some rest." With that, 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.

Nicole hung up the

her any time to react and instead,

him, "Do you find me ugly now Kerr?" Of course she knew that Kerr's cleanliness was

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

know I don't think in that way. To me, you are always beautiful." He placed her in the bathtub carefully and planted

to try and figure out how much

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

that, I probably would have been taken to Moore." Nicole felt grateful, but was ignorant of what had

her with them

that Kerr would agree no

You don't have to worry anymore."

the crystal bracelet he had given her from the night stand, he put it on her left wrist. "Keep this on at all times, no matter where you