The Reunion After Seven Years novel Chapter 87

Making her way to the big tree, Nicole sat beside Kerr and snuggled up to him.

She couldn't tell what exactly happened, if it was all an illusion or not, but she could sense his sadness even though he was smiling. Nonetheless, looking at him now, she was relieved to find his face washed with calmness.

Traces of the cold, powerful man was nowhere to be found, rather she was in the arms of the man she loved.

He placed his arm around Nicole's shoulder and gently kissed her hair.

"Aren't you curious about it?"

From how he knew Nicole, he found it quite odd that she was so quiet by his side. It was a rare sight.

"You will tell me when you're ready."

With a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, Nicole spoke in a firm tone. Although she was very curious, she didn't want to force Kerr to tell her about his past.

"It's not something that I want to share it with you. It's not a pleasant story. I don't want to scare you away."

He wanted to avoid talking about what happened in his past.

He knew that Nicole had a simple life, and the background of his family was too complicated for her. He was worried that she might get scared off. Because of that all he wanted was to decrease Nicole's involvement in his past life.

With the incident last night, the Gu family was bound to investigate the people around him.

"Alright, then you should at least tell me a good story."

She decided not to prod on the topic again.

She didn't want to remind him of the bad memories, so she tried to change the subject.

"A good story? Let's see. Oh I know a good one. There was once a hedgehog that was picked up by a hunter by accident. The hunter was very fond of the hedgehog, but the hedgehog always pricked him with its quills. Then the hunter found out that the hedgehog was just upset that he had a lot of other pets.

Since then, the hunter threw away all the pets around him and made the hedgehog the only one. So they lived happily together."

He looked gently at the woman in his arms, trying to send her a message.

When she held her guard up when they were together, he thought of her as the little hedgehog covered with thorns, full of aggressiveness, but Kerr was still willing to make her the only one.

Hearing Kerr's words, Nicole looked up and raised an eyebrow at him. She then gave him an angry stare and pinched his ear.

"How dare you call me a hedgehog? You are the hedgehog!"

How could she not know the metaphor that Kerr was trying to imply? It turned out that he had always known why she constantly refused him. It seemed like Kerr had been very patient with her.

Kerr had known what her hesitations were and was merely waiting for her to get closer to him, step by step. Nicole was the hedgehog who couldn't face the true feelings in her heart and only wanted to protect herself.

"No matter who you are, my love for you will never falter."

Kerr was not a man who sugar-coated his words. In the past, he didn't need to tell anyone what he was thinking about. But when he was with Nicole, he couldn't help telling her that he loved her.

When she saw how serious Kerr looked, she blushed. She released her hand and lowered her head. After hesitating for a moment, she decided to say what was in her mind.

"I don't know what kind of woman you were with before, but I want you to know that I'm different from other women. The man I want should know that I'm the only woman in his life. I can't accept to share you with others."

That was her bottom line. She required loyalty to love, so she hoped that Kerr would be willing to love only her.

"If you can't make it happen, then please let me go before I get deeply involved. I can accept that you don't love me, but I can't accept that you hurt me."

After he heard what Nicole said, Kerr nodded slightly and held her in his arms.

"There's nothing for you to worry about, because the only woman I want in this world is you."

He had made a promise to Nicole. He knew a lot of things would be difficult at this point in time, considering what happened yesterday, but he still wanted to try.

Now wasn't the time to come clean, she only just started to open up to him. He hoped she wouldn't come to regret her decision by the time she found out. He couldn't frighten her at this moment.

"If you keep your word, I will give you a big surprise."

Nicole thought of her little boy Jay.

If Kerr knew that Jay was his son, he might pass out in surprise. Seeing how much Kerr liked Jay, she thought Jay's true identity might be a surprise to him.

"I can't wait to see what the surprise will be."

His eyes were full of expectation, which told him instinctively that the surprise of Nicole would be what he wanted.

A happy smile appeared on her face as she looked into his eyes.

At that time, they were immersed in happiness, and they never thought that the happiness would be cut short. When they returned to the Gu Group, all the happiness had turned into bubbles.

Nicole had been worried about Jay, so they decided not to stay in the garden for the night. When the night fell, Kerr drove her back to the Gu family villa.

As soon as Nicole got out of the car, Jay ran out of the villa and put his arm around his mother's leg.

"Mommy, I miss you so much!"

Feeling the small arms on her legs, she bent down and held her son in her arms.

"I'm sorry, Jay, I won't leave you for such a long time again, okay?"

Nicole kissed Jay on his face and looked at him tenderly.

Seeing that Jay was so dependent on his mother, Kerr didn't want her to be tired. Although Jay was thin, he was a seven-year-old boy after all. Nicole looked tired holding Jay in her arms, so Kerr decided to walked towards them.

"Jay, your mommy is tired, come here."

He extended his hand to Jay, signaling him to come to his arms, but Jay looked at him and turned away. He got down from Nicole, held her hand, and ignored him.

"Mommy, let's go home, please? I have already asked Uncle Fang to pick us up. He will be here soon."

Jay looked up seriously.

Looking at the face of Jay, Nicole felt a little strange. She glanced at Kerr beside her and looked down at her son again with doubts.

"What's the matter, Jay? Don't you like living here?"

A few days ago, if it weren't for Jay, she wouldn't have come to Kerr's villa at all. But now, the boy actually wanted to leave.