Nicole had no plans of hiding this from Baron. On one hand, she had to take care of her son, and on
the other, she had to work hard. Even though her son was very smart and didn't worry her much, she
still was very busy taking care of everything on her own.
Baron knew that Nicole was by no means a sluggish person when it came to her work, and if the
project attracted her attention so much, then it must really be important.
"What kind of project is it that has you so interested?"
After hearing Baron's question, Nicole showed him the folder in her hand.
"There is a bidding event that is going to be held in the city, and the Gu Group is involved."
With his hands still on the steering wheel, Baron shot the documents in Nicole's hands a casual glance,
and he couldn't help but feel stunned at what he saw.
"Did Kerr ask you to take charge of this project?"
He didn't expect Kerr to care so much about Nicole, or have any kind of ulterior motive. By any means,
this was definitely not a good thing for him.
Because he didn't want to treat Nicole as an opponent at all.
"Don't tell me that Fang Group is also involved in the bid."
When she caught the surprise in Baron's voice, Nicole was also surprised herself. However, when she
thought of the position of Fang Group in A City, she thought it was just reasonable that the Fang Group
was also involved.
Although Fang Group was nowhere near as powerful as the Gu Group, it was still a very important
enterprise in A City. The bidding that was about to take place was sure to be crowded with many big
companies.
All of a sudden, Nicole felt an overwhelming sense of pressure. After all, she was the representative of
the entire Gu Group this time, and the last thing she wanted was to cause any kind of damage to the
company because of her mistakes or inadequacy.
What was more, if she made a mistake, it would give others the chance to question Kerr's decision,
and she would very much hate to disgrace him.
"Yes, and I am the person in charge."
His tone was full of helplessness. Baron had been persuading Nicole to work for the Fang Group for so
long in the hope that she wouldn't ever be his competitor.
However, things didn't go as he expected, and what was worse, all the things he had been worried
about came true.
"Well, let's see who will be the winner this time. Be careful. I won't show any mercy."
A smile found its way to Nicole's face.
She had known Baron for such a long time, and she knew that no matter who won the bidding, her
relationship with Baron would stay the same. After all, their friendship, and their respective jobs were
two separate things.
On top of that, there was no way she would deliberately give up on the bidding just because of Baron.
She knew she didn't want to fail Kerr.
And this time, the bidding was very important to the Gu Group.
"Me too."
As he looked at the side of Nicole's face, Baron found himself in a trance.
In all the time he knew Nicole, she had always been very optimistic. When he first found Nicole
pregnant at such a young age, he was very much surprised.
But Nicole was still very calm.
In hindsight though, he liked this side of Nicole—the hardworking, determined one. But Nicole was
unaware of his feelings for her.
Kerr had parked his car in front of Nicole's apartment building. He finally felt relieved when he saw
Baron's car drive away after Nicole had led Jay to go upstairs with her.
When he saw the alienation between Baron and Nicole, he started having doubts about whether Baron
was really Jay's father.
"Have you gotten any results regarding the thing I asked you to investigate?" Kerr asked Jared.
At the sound of Kerr's voice, Jared felt a little guilty.
"I've sent someone to investigate their past in Manhattan. It is true that Baron had been taking care of
Director Ning and her son until just recently when the Fang Group asked Baron to return home."
Despite investigating as hard as he could, this was the only information he managed to find. It had
been seven years since that incident happened, and given that Kerr didn't find any clue about it back
then, it made sense that it was even more difficult for him to find information seven years after that.
After listening to what Jared had to say, Kerr reached out his hand to look at the small, black ear stud
on his palm. It shone brightly under the moonlight.
He had been carrying it with him for seven years, but the owner of the earring had yet to appear.
Despite it being so long ago, he still couldn't forget the feeling that woman gave him.
However, someone else seemed to have caught his interest now.
When the car finally arrived back at the Gu villa, there was a man and a woman standing not far from
the villa who seemed to be talking about something.
"I already told you that I don't have any money right now. It would be useless for you to pester me!"
Ken looked at Bonnie helplessly. He really regretted ever sleeping with her that night. He absolutely
didn't expect that Bonnie would follow him for so many days for the 200,000 dollars.
Ever since that day when he walked out of the hospital and saw Bonnie waiting for him by the door,
they had been entangled with each other.
"If you don't give me money, I won't let you go."
Deep inside, Bonnie was even more anxious than Ken. She didn't have much time left. Tonight, at
twelve o'clock, was her deadline. She had to get the money before the deadline.
If not, Howard Wu would be killed by those people.
Seeing the persistent look on her face, Ken sighed. He turned his head and saw Kerr's car parked not
far away. The car's headlights weren't even on despite it being nighttime. Obviously, Kerr spotted them
a while ago and had been watching their little show from the car.
Ken walked to Kerr's car and knocked on the driver's window.
Jared opened the car window, forced a smile, and greeted Ken. It was the first time he had ever seen
Ken look so defeated.
"Good evening, Mr. Qin."
Ken then raised his hand to open the door to the backseat just as Kerr slowly got out of the car.
"Are you really just going to stand by and watch me get tortured?"
Kerr cast a glance at Ken and Bonnie and said indifferently,
"I don't care about the women you've irritated."
His intuition was telling him that if he got involved, Nicole would definitely not let him get away with it.
And since this was caused by Ken alone, he had to solve it by himself.
Seeing the nonchalant expression on Kerr's face, Ken was just about to say something to defend
himself when Bonnie's phone suddenly rang.
At the sight of the number on the screen, Bonnie's eyes widened in surprise before she hurriedly
answered the call.
"Howard? How are you doing? I'm raising money. Hello? Are you okay?"
A choppy voice resounded from the other end of the line, and the expression on Bonnie's face shifted
before she turned around and ran out of the villa. Then, the call was cut off.
Ken let out a sigh of relief as he watched Bonnie leave. However, when he saw the anxious look on her
face, he couldn't help but feel worried. Based on her expression, it was clear that something happened
during her phone call.
Kerr looked at the hesitation on Ken's face, and he immediately knew what was going on.
"If you can't pay the money back, you can owe me a favor first."
Hearing Kerr's words, Jared instantly understood and got out of the car, and then opened the door for
Ken.
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