As clever as she was, Avery came to the party as soon as she saw Nicole. She agreed reluctantly to attend the party with her brother who was not related by blood since she knew that Nicole would be here.
"Avery, why are you here? I remember that you don't like this kind of banquet."
Avery walked up to Nicole. "Why didn't I see your beloved today?
How could he let you go out alone?"
"He went abroad for business." Nicole had been lying to others.
"You haven't told me why you are here." Nicole tried to change the subject.
On hearing that, Avery's smile disappeared. "I came back because of that monster." Left with no choice, Avery turned around and saw the man drinking and talking with others.
Following Avery's gaze, Nicole saw the so-called monster in her eyes and smiled faintly. This was the only person in the world that could give Avery a headache, Zachary Lin.
The adopted son of the Lin family was the CEO of the Lin Group, and also the brother of Avery.
Feeling the attentive gazes, Zachary turned around to greet his friends and walked towards them.
When Nicole looked at that figure, in a trance, she felt that when she looked at Zachary's eyes, she would think of Kerr.
Zachary looked at Nicole who was in a daze. He then greeted her, "Hi, Nicole, long time no see." It was not until then that Nicole came to her senses.
Zachary smiled gently and looked like a real gentleman, but when Nicole looked at him, she seemed to have some mix feelings.
When Nicole came to herself, she greeted him with a smile, "Zachary, when did you come back? It's really been a long time since we last met." She remembered that they met in a middle school last time.
Then they went abroad for further education, and they never contacted each other again.
As far as she could remember, Zachary had always been a gentle elder brother, but now he had turned into a sophisticated and mature man.
And he looked a little like Kerr... Maybe it was because she missed Kerr too much that she made a wrong judgment. She could only lower her head to hide her disappointment.
With a faint smile in the eyes of Zachary, he looked at her. "I came back a month ago. I haven't seen you for a long time, and I will have a lot of chances to see you in the future."
Seeing Zachary's polite behavior, Avery rolle
remy and put her hand on his.
Then Avery smiled at Nicole lightly and turned to look at Jeremy standing opposite.
In such a public place, Avery knew that Jeremy was a gentleman and would not refuse an offer from a lady.
As expected, Jeremy smiled faintly, glanced at Nicole with a meaningful look, and then led Avery to the dance floor.
Nicole finally breathed a sigh of relief. Standing next to her, Zachary involuntarily gripped the glass in his hand, walked up to her and looked serious.
"How is Kerr?" Zachary said in a calm tone, as if he was talking about the weather with Nicole. His eyes had been staring at Avery and Jeremy who were standing in the center of the dancing floor.
When Zachary heard Zachary's gentle voice, she was surprised. Turning to look at him with amazement, she asked, "How did you know Kerr, Zachary? Did Avery say that?"
Although Avery knew that Nicole and Kerr were together, Nicole clearly remembered that she hadn't told Avery about the news that Kerr had gotten in trouble.
But when Nicole looked at Zachary who was standing next to her, she sensed that he had already known that Kerr was in a coma, so she asked him carefully.
"Nicole, Avery doesn't know many things and I don't want her to know, but you don't have to hide anything from me. When you were abroad, the explosion..."
Zachary's eyes were fixed on Avery all this time, but every word he said shocked Nicole who was next to him.
Nicole looked at Zachary with her eyes wide open, and for a moment, she didn't know how to answer him.
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