The voices of the journalists sent shivers down Nicole's spine.
"Mr. Gu, what are your thoughts on the photos?"
"Mr. Gu, is it true that the Gu family is planning to unite with the He family through marriage? According
to our sources, Miss He and you are in a mutual relationship, can you confirm?"
"Someone also told us that the Gu family and the He family have already nailed down an engagement
date. Mr. Gu, care to give a statement?"
When Jared lifted his head, his eyes accidentally caught a glimpse of Nicole, who was standing out of
the crowd of journalists in a daze-like-state. He whispered something in Kerr's ear. Kerr didn't turn his
back to look at Nicole. Instead, he walked straight into the office building of Gu Group.
Standing still, Nicole still couldn't believe what she had just heard. She squatted and picked up one of
the newspapers scattered on the ground. The photos immediately caught her eyes, she was shocked
at what she saw.
This was the page that was creating all the fuss; a few pictures of Kerr and Sunny. In one of the
pictures, it looked like Sunny was holding Kerr the way a lover would hold on to her partner; and in
another picture, Kerr looked at Sunny affectionately. The pictures were something that she knew she
wouldn't forget easily.
The pictures made her lose all of her remaining strength and the newspaper fell unceremoniously to
the ground. Nicole walked towards the office building with empty eyes.
A keen-eyed reporter saw the dead look in Nicole's eyes and walked over to her.
"Excuse me, who are you? Do you know Mr. Gu and Miss He?"
Upon hearing the journalist's question, her vision came back to focus. The journalist looked expectant;
as if she had some juicy, exclusive gossip that she could share with him. She just looked bitterly at him.
"I am just an ordinary employee working in the Gu Group."
After saying that, she went straight into the building so the reporter didn't get the chance to ask another
question.
She couldn't help but feel cold all over her body. She knew that Kerr had seen her just now, but he
didn't want to explain. It seemed that in his eyes, she was just a stranger.
She started to think that perhaps the sweet moment she shared with Kerr yesterday was just a figment
of her imagination. Maybe Kerr's promise was just his trick to cheat her.
'Make me his only woman? That's probably a lie,' she thought.
Despite being confused, she managed to find her way to her office. She tried to get herself to function
and work on reading documents the whole morning. Yet, she was so lost in thought that her mind didn't
register a single word written on the documents.
"Director Ning? Aren't you going to have lunch now?"
Lily looked at the absent-minded Nicole and reminded her that it was already lunch. Lily had observed
her behavior all morning and found that she seemed to be preoccupied with something else. She didn't
know if it was because of the news.
"I'm not going. You go on and have your lunch."
Nicole closed the folder and walked to the tea room with a cup in her hand. She placed the cup under
the drinking fountain. Her eyes turned glassy as she lost her focus again when the face of Kerr invaded
her mind.
By the time she pulled herself back to reality, the water in the cup had overflowed. Nicole turned off the
water fountain quickly and reached for the cup. In her haste, however, her hands accidentally touched
the overflowing water and burned her fingers.
"Ah!"
She withdrew her hand in a hurry and the cup fell to the floor, which caused the hot water to spill all
over the floor.
"Are you alright?"
Kerr heard that Nicole didn't have lunch so he came to see her in person. When he didn't find her in her
office, he figured she was in the tea room so he went there and came at the exact time that she
scalded her fingers.
He immediately walked over to Nicole and gently held her hand to check for the damage. He wasn't
relieved until he saw that there were no other injuries on her fingers except for the slight redness.
"Let me go," she said sternly with gritted teeth.
His caring eyes repulsed her. She struggled to break free from him but when she did, she immediately
took a step back and turned around to leave.
Her trust in Kerr was destroyed so easily. She wanted to believe him. She wanted to believe his words.
Perhaps the whole morning, in her subconscious, she was just waiting for an explanation from Kerr.
But she didn't get an explanation from him the whole morning. When she had sat in her office, she had
felt as if the ticking of the clock was mocking her. Sure enough, someone like Kerr couldn't have just
one woman.
Kerr turned around and took Nicole in his arms. He placed his chin on her shoulder.
"Nicole, trust me. Those are not true."
His voice sounded helpless. Kerr wanted nothing more but to hold a press conference as soon as
possible to let everyone know that Nicole was his and his alone but he knew he couldn't. Not yet.
Last night, he already made a clear analysis of the current predicament. This matter involved the Gu
family. He knew he couldn't expose Nicole to the Gu family before he found a way out.
Exposing her would only cause trouble to Nicole, and the existence of Jay was also troublesome for
him. Kerr couldn't even bear to imagine what if something bad happening to Jay. If that happened,
Nicole would never forgive him.
"Mr. Gu, please let me go. I am just an ordinary employee of this company. There is no reason for you
to explain anything to me. You live an extravagant life while my life is trivial at best," she told him.
"We do not belong in the same world. Please don't force us on each other."
After all, it was just wishful thinking, right? It was time to wake herself up from the dream, she had to
return to real life now.
It was only now that she understood why Jay had been so mad at Kerr all of a sudden. He had even
said that he wanted to go back to Manhattan. Jay was probably disappointed in him. She had once
worried about her son's feelings but now, those worries were gone.
This time, she felt that she had enough reasons to finally leave.
When he heard her words, Kerr still didn't let her go.
"Nicole, I understand that you're angry, but please trust me. Give me a little time. I will take care of
everything. Everything I said to you is true. I'm serious about you," he pleaded.
"But I have a reason why I'm not telling you anything yet. I am also in a dilemma right now. Don't worry,
I will have it solved soon enough."
He didn't want Nicole to know these things because he didn't want to trouble or burden her. He wanted
to fix everything by himself and he just wanted to see her happy.
Nicole took a deep breath and told herself to be brave while giving him a forced smile. She raised her
hand and shook off the hand that held her waist. Then she turned around to look back at him with
disappointment in her eyes.
“But | have a reason why I'm not telling you anything yet. | am also in a dilemma right now. Don't worry,
| will have it solved soon enough."
He didn't want Nicole to know these things because he didn't want to trouble or burden her. He wanted
to fix everything by himself and he just wanted to see her happy.
Nicole took a deep breath and told herself to be brave while giving him a forced smile. She raised her
hand and shook off the hand that held her waist. Then she turned around to look back at him with
disappointment in her eyes.
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