Just as Avery was wondering, she was startled when she suddenly heard Bonnie scream,
"Aaaah!" Bonnie went ghastly pale when she clearly saw what was in the box. Too frightened, her mind
went blank in panic. And as her body trembled uncontrollably, she ran into Ken's arms.
Someone turned over the box, and everyone's eyes immediately darted towards it, including Zachary
and Ken, who instinctively looked at each other. They instantly knew that someone had a hidden
agenda behind this scene.
"It's okay. Don't be afraid. We are going to the hospital to check on Nicole,"
Ken whispered as he patted on Bonnie‘s back gently. His voice sounded soothing, lovingly comforting
her.
Avery didn't see it with her own eyes, but she knew it would not be something nice. After Zachary took
her into the car, only then he released his hand from her eyes.
"How... How do you know?" Avery stammered. She didn't know what to say exactly, but she felt lucky
that Zachary had protected her.
And at the same time, her impression of Zachary seemed to have changed.
"If it's a good thing, Nicole won't be in danger," Zachary replied to her while driving. He didn't look good,
and there was a complicated expression on his face.
For one thing, he was very clear about what Nicole had gone through, and she did nothing wrong to
deserve this. But why did she have to bear all of these just because she had chosen Kerr?
What was worst now was that even though she didn't commit anything wrong, she still became the
target of public criticism.
With a myriad of thoughts running in Zachary's mind, an overwhelming uneasiness crept within him,
and he felt apprehensive all of a sudden. He didn't want Avery to end up like that.
"Avery, I won't let you suffer this," Zachary suddenly promised her after a brief silence.
A faint smile slowly tugged on her lips when Avery heard Zachary's words. Although she felt that he
was a little disgusting, in her heart, she felt a tinge of sweetness that kind of surprised her.
And for the very first time, she couldn't refute him. Flushed with sudden shyness, Avery abruptly looked
out of the window, averting her gaze.
In the hospital, however, everyone seemed to be hustling around.
Soon after Kerr worriedly sent Nicole to the emergency room, he had warned Harley seriously that he
wanted his wife and the baby to be safe at all costs.
Taking a deep breath, Kerr lowered his gaze, and unconsciously it landed on his hand. Only then he
noticed the thick blood. Anxiety eclipsed his thought as fear choked him, and he couldn't help clenching
his fists.
"Mr. Gu! Mrs. Gu will be fine," Jared promptly comforted Kerr as he stared at the horrible expression on
Kerr's face. It looked as if he was going to blow up the entire world if something ever happened to
Nicole.
"Investigate who sent that thing to us," Kerr ordered, gnashing his teeth.
Jared silently nodded as he continued to observe Kerr.
Nicole was still in the emergency room when Zachary and the rest of them arrived at the hospital.
The bloodstains on Kerr's hand didn't escape everyone's notice, but no one dared to go forward and
ask about Nicole's condition.
So everyone resorted to praying in silence.
A long time had passed before the door of the emergency room burst open. There emerged Harley,
who was taking off the mask on his face, and he looked quite relaxed.
"Don't worry. Both Nicole and her baby are fine. But now she needs good care. They should better stay
in the hospital during this time,"
Harley reminded Kerr, reassuring him.
Nicole and her child would have been in grave danger if they were not sent to the hospital in time.
When he heard that the mother and child were finally safe, the look on Kerr's face softened.
Moments later, a nurse sent Nicole out of the emergency room. Hurriedly, Kerr stepped forward and
stared at Nicole‘s pale face with a worried look.
Holding her warm hand gently, he sent her to the ward and didn't let his eyes wander off her tired face.
As soon as they reached her room, Kerr settled himself beside Nicole and regarded her with a frown
etched in his forehead. He was so nervous. "Don't worry. I'll be with you. You'll be fine." Seeing her, he
could sense that Nicole was alarmingly in fear.
He caught himself unaware that the whole hideous scene vividly replayed in his mind. Letting him
deduce that even anyone could tell that the stranger's sole intent was to scare Nicole to death.
Thinking further, Kerr vowed to himself that he would never allow such a threat to be around Nicole
again.
Outside the ward, Jared was standing at the door and holding Kerr's mobile phone in his pocket, when
suddenly it rang. He darted his gaze towards where Kerr was before realizing that he obviously could
not answer the phone at the moment.
Jared decided to take the call instead, so he purposely walked to the end of the hallway and pressed
the answer key. Hearing the voice from the other end of the line, Jared was stunned.
After hanging up the phone, Jared silently walked back to the ward door, wearing a grave face. He
focused his gaze at Kerr and Nicole rather worriedly.
"Kerr was fired?"
Zachary blurted out. Although his tone was flat, it caught everyone's attention. He quickly held Avery's
hand as he leaned against the wall, facing the ward.
Everyone froze and simultaneously turned their heads directly towards Zachary.
Surprised, Jared could only probe, "How do you know?" He just got the news, but it seemed that
Zachary had already known it. 'How come?' Jared mulled over.
The call earlier was from Kelvin. He told Jared that the Gu Group officially dismissed Kerr.
As expected, it was the punishment Jack gave to Kerr, who had married Nicole despite his family's
strong disapproval.
"Has Kerr really been removed?" Ken asked nervously, knowing that it was such a big deal for Kerr.
Jared lifted his head and slightly nodded.
With Jared's confirmation, silence engulfed them as everyone fell disturbed about how Kerr would react
once he learned about the news. Right now, the only thing that worried him was that Nicole was still in
a coma.
Kerr lovingly held Nicole's hand and kissed her fingers as he stared at the ring on her ring finger of her
left hand, which he had put in on for her.
"You're my wife, Nicole. Wake up, please? I don't want anything from the Gu family anymore. When
you wake up, I'll take you out of here,"
Kerr pleaded as he didn't want to wait any longer. He had made Nicole bear with his mistakes, but he
hadn't expected that it would become such a disaster to this extent.
He would never let Nicole get hurt anymore. The Gu family had nothing to do with him. He couldn’t live
up to everyone’s expectations, but he would not let Nicole down.
Moments later, Nicole stirred from her deep slumber. Slightly frowning, she slowly opened her eyes.
"Nicole! How are you feeling?" Kerr anxiously asked as he noticed her movement and watched her
wake up.
When she heard his voice, Nicole turned to look at him and weakly said, "Kerr..."
All the memories flashed back to her mind bit by bit. It then occurred to her that she fainted because of
fright. As the realization hit her, her eyes immediately widened, and she instinctively touched her belly
with both hands.
"Kerr, how is our baby?"
She knew that in her stage of pregnancy, such a tremendous fright could be fatal to a baby.
Too distressed that it would hurt the baby in her belly, she suddenly regretted and scolded herself for
her recklessness.
This baby was the blessing of their love, and God knew how she cherished it very much. As she
thought of this, tears fell from the corners of her eyes.
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