As a result, Nicole felt confident and capable enough of working in the Gu Group. However, she would
only still work in this company as long as Kerr didn't harass her.
She admitted that he was a great leader though, but he lacked goodness as a man. On the other hand,
it was important to acknowledge that both the company's mission and the chance to train new talents
were exactly what she wanted to work on.
"So according to what it has been planned, you will be in charge now of the cooperation's
rearrangement. I'll send someone to notify the Chu Group to check and confirm the new details as
soon as I can."
Despite her fully commitment to her son Jay which was totally understandable, she would still give the
best of her performance to surpass the work's requirements. Nicole's seriousness in this matter caused
Kerr to look at her with appreciation in his eyes.
Kerr could sense Nicole's untainted talent in work. He felt lucky that he had hired her with a high salary.
If the circumstances had been different back then, he would've never found such a smart and
interesting woman as her.
"Alright, I think I shall start right now."
Right after she closed her folder and stood up, Kerr's words vibrated in her ears as she was about to
cross the door.
"Wait, I need to tell you something that you may not know."
He hesitated a bit as he said that. It seemed that he wasn't sure if it was a good idea to tell her what he
wanted to say.
Nicole turned around and looked at Kerr with confusing eyes.
"It's just...It's Sunny. She is my new secretary."
Kerr wasn't the type of person who would explain anything to anyone. But he felt that he needed to tell
Nicole who Sunny was because he sensed that there was a misunderstanding between them this
morning.
This was rarely the first time that he was worried about what others might think of him. He just didn't
want Nicole to misinterpret him.
"Say again?"
It seemed that she couldn't really understand what he meant, and she clearly had no clue who that
Sunny girl was.
He decided to clarify it to her clearly as he stood up and walked towards her with honesty.
"The woman that you met in the underground parking lot this morning is my new secretary, whose
family is the He family. They've been friends with the Gu family for a long time."
Not until she heard his words did she realize that he was explaining what happened this morning. She
raised her right hand and covered her mouth as she was still confused that why he had to point out
who the girl was.
"Why are you stressing yourself out to explain this to me, Mr. Gu? Now that I think about it, you should
go and clarify to her that I'm just your subordinate. In that case, Miss He won't misunderstand us."
A sentiment of relief and peace unconsciously seemed to emerge inside of Nicole after hearing what
Kerr said to her.
As she wasn't expecting this unusual moment, she didn't know how to react and felt a bit nervous. She
thought to herself that she shouldn't care about Kerr, but that was a hard task for her though.
"But I believe that Sunny won't eventually misunderstand us. Her speculation isn't wrong... about us."
He really wanted to speak out the feelings and thoughts that crossed his mind in that moment, as he
stepped forward and held her hand. He noticed that she was flustered because of the sweat on her
palm.
"If there isn't anything else that either me or you can contribute with, then I'll take off now to organize
the partnership plan that you assigned me to work on."
She didn't let Kerr say one more thing as she was so done talking to him. She got rid of his hand easily
due to the sweaty palm and left the office.
He felt a bit bothered by the situation, but a devious smile loomed on his face as he watched her
vanishing.
He was completely sure that she would fall in love with him someday. However, he wasn't even
desperate to achieve his goal; he learned to be patient throughout the years. Even if all of a sudden
she disappeared from the map, he would still find her.
Nicole rushed her way to the restroom to pour herself a glass of ice water. It didn't even take her more
than three seconds to drink it all and it couldn't help her cool herself down.
She didn't have the courage to hear him out. He treated love as a child's play, but he looked so serious
when he said those words to her. She just couldn't stand it.
At this point, Nicole's brain was getting affected by all the stress that was related to the name of Kerr
Gu.
She took a deep breath and walked towards the front of the French window of the restroom. She
needed to see the light blue of the sky to clear her head and think for a second.
The moment of peace that she had found didn't last more than five minutes as a pair of voices
interrupted her thoughts. "I heard that Mr. Gu suddenly showed up in the project department today and
went to the lady's room. Is that true?"
"Of course it's true. I also heard that rumor from a colleague of the project department. Mr. Gu went to
the lady's room to see the new director, Nicole Ning."
"Well, no wonder she has become the director of the project department even though she's at such a
young age and with no experience at all. It's because she has hooked up with Mr. Gu. That's pure
luck."
"Yeah, she's also really pretty. We're not at that level so Mr. Gu won't even pay us attention. I was also
told that they stayed in the washroom for a long time before they came out. I wonder how good that
should've been."
That was probably the longest gossiping in the Gu Group that Nicole had ever heard from two women
in business clothing as they poured themselves glasses of water.
The funny part was that Nicole was standing there the whole time while listening to them making up
theories. She couldn't be seen due to the large water dispenser that blocked her face and it was
impossible to realize that she was there.
The female employees in high-heeled shoes started to disappear one by one from her sight. When the
restroom was empty, she washed and dried the glass that she used, took her folder and prepared
herself to leave calmly.
If she ever cared about what the others said about her during her whole life, she would've never been
where she was right now. Whenever she thought about that, a smile would emerge on her face and she
would continue to rely on her own strength.
She remained relaxed as she watched her colleagues leaving. The best aspect of Nicole was to always
think with her head clear.
Suddenly, her phone started to ring as she was leaving the restroom.
"Hey! It's so nice to hear from you, Baron. What's up?"
On the other end of the line, Baron smiled as he heard her voice and spoke softly.
"How are you doing? I was wondering if you were going to be free today's evening. And hoping that
your answer will be a yes, we could have dinner together after I pick Jay up. What do you think?"
The usual routine of Baron whenever they had dinner together was to pick Jay up from school after he
left Fang Group, and then he would pick up Nicole.
"Sure! I'm down. But I suggest you pick me up first and then we go for Jay because he's studying in
another school now."
Baron didn't know yet that Kerr had changed Jay of school.
"Alright then! See you later."
He was looking at the draft design of a ring that he had in his hand as he hung up the phone. It was the
birthday present that he would give to Nicole, which was printed with a set of precious stones designs.
They had known each other for so many years. However, Baron's mother and Nicole's birthdays were
on the same week, which always made him fly back home while Nicole was celebrating her birthday
without him. It had been a pity for him to miss Nicole's birthday since then.
He promised himself that he wouldn't miss it this year. Thus, he desired to be the one that put the ring
on Nicole's finger.
He wouldn't let anything or anyone to ruin the plans that he had in mind for her birthday.
"I want the ring to look exactly like this draft design. I really hope it is ready before the month ends,
please."
He handed the draft design to his assistant and gave him the instructions to follow up.
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