"How generous! I need three days to get my affairs in order. I don't want to do things sloppily."
Jared's eyes widened in surprise as he heard Nicole's words from the recorder, and he looked at Kerr. But Kerr remained calm, as if what Nicole had said didn't matter to him at all.
"Mr. Gu, Miss Ning..."
"How are constructions of the Sea Heart Island progressing?"
Kerr glanced down at the documents in his hand.
"The development is ongoing, and it will take some time."
Jared stared at Kerr in confusion.
"Mr. Gu, do you believe the recording to be fake?"
"It's true. It is Nicole's voice. We need to speed up the construction of the Sea Heart Island, and strengthen security around Jay."
Kerr knew Nicole well. She must have her reasons. No wonder she suddenly came to him. It seemed that she had gradually begun to see him as someone she could depend on.
'Three days?' It seemed that he would have to cherish the sweetness that Nicole gave him as there were only three days left.
A slight smile tugged at the corners of Kerr's mouth, confusing Jared. Instead of becoming vexed by what Nicole had said, Kerr seemed almost happy, which was illogical.
But Jared didn't dare to question any further, so he had to resolve matters according to Kerr's orders.
Nicole didn't know where to go while she was driving the car. She couldn't reveal any of this matter to Avery or Baron. She couldn't bring the power of the Gu family down on them, and neither the Lin family nor the Fang family could oppose them.
While she was considering this, Nicole's phone rang. She looked at the caller ID and saw it was a call from Avery. She immediately answered it.
"Avery."
When Avery heard Nicole's voice, she seemed to have found someone she could vent her spleen on.
"Nicole, are you in the hospital? I'll come to you. I can't carry on like this."
Avery slammed the door shut while she held the phone tightly in her hand. Her anger was obviously detected from her tone.
Even though Nicole could only hear her over the phone, she could hear her impatience, and she couldn't help shaking her head.
"I'll come pick you up. I'm not far from your ho
Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex.
To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him.
"As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are just his mistresses."
She remained adamant even when he was involved in scandals with other women.
Eventually she stormed off after she learned that he had betrayed her again.But life brought her back to him a few years later, to his astonishment.
ery's anger surged to the forefront again.
"I still have an apartment where I once lived. You can stay there for a while."
Nicole's hopes were instantly shattered, and once again she lay her head on the table, feeling a sense of despair.
"Don't throw in the towel yet. There will be a solution. If you were a princess of a powerful and rich family, the Gu family will surely ask Kerr to marry you. In fact, I really believe that you are a princess."
Having known Nicole for so many years, Avery always felt that Nicole looked like a princess who had accidentally lost her way and ended up in the place where the common people lived.
"Thank you for your kind words, Miss Lin. If I do become a princess one day, I will not forget you."
Although Nicole said this, she didn't believe it even for a minute.
Even if she were a princess, she wouldn't solve every problem. A princess was seen as being noble, shining like a diamond in everyone else's eyes. But only the princess herself knew how she felt. It was the similar situation to Kerr's. To outsiders, he seemed to be a successful man, but only she knew how lonely he really felt.
At that time, Nicole had no clue that Avery's words would come true one day.
In the old house of the Gu family
After parking her car at the front gates of the Gus' home, Sunny got out of the car as soon as she saw Kelvin coming outside.
"Uncle Kelvin, is Mrs. Gu at home? I've come to see her."
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