"Excuse me."
Kerr stood up abruptly and walked out of the dining room.
When Nicole saw what Kerr had done, she couldn't help feeling touched. Had he hidden his injury because he was worried that she would faint at the sight of blood? Was he taking care of her feelings subconsciously?
The thought made her feel slightly melancholy. She couldn't believe that Kerr cared about her that much.
"Mommy, Uncle Gu is angry."
Next to her, Jay looked up at her innocently. He didn't look panicked, instead his little eyes seemed to be filled with helplessness.
It seemed that the grownups world was a lot more complicated than his.
"It's not your fault, dear. Don't worry about it,"
she smiled at him comfortingly as she stroked his hair. She temporarily ignored her curiosity about Kerr's sudden departure and focused on Jay. Looking at his little face, she felt like she was looking at Kerr.
She didn't see Kerr again until the dinner ended.
"Miss Ning, my apologies but Mr Gu can't be interrupted at the moment. He is currently taking an overseas call,"
Vedder told her respectfully. He was standing at the entrance of Gu family villa.
"It's okay, Vedder. Could you please tell him I'm very sorry about what happened earlier? It's already rather late, I need to take Jay home."
Nicole took a quick look in the direction of the stairs before saying goodbye to Vedder. Then she took Jay's hand and left.
When they got into the car, Nicole leaned her head against the door. She felt and looked as though she hadn't slept in days.
"If you are tired, you can close your eyes for a while. I'll wake you up when we arrive,"
Baron told her. Even though he was driving, he could still catch the strange look on Nicole's face from the corner of his eye.
Back in Manhattan, she had never looked this tired no matter how busy her schedule was. He could even detect a slight sense of loss from her behavior. He knew better than to ask but it was obvious that she had been through a lot.
Nicole nodded gratefully at his words and her eyes fluttered shut gently.
She knew it would be impossible to sleep, but she just wasn't in the mood to talk. Anyway, Jay was there, so there wasn't much she could say. To tell the truth, she didn't exactly know how to face Baron either.
Her life seemed to be a huge mess ever since she had met Kerr. No
cked her appearance again carefully and finding nothing wrong, she picked up her handbag and left the Gu Group building.
Baron's car was already waiting at the entrance.
"You look amazing! I knew this dress would suit you well. I really hope you'll have a good time tonight. Don't worry, I've already arranged for someone to pick Jay up,"
he told her, his eyes sparkling as he looked at the gorgeous beauty in the passenger seat.
"Why did you ask me to dress up like this?"
She frowned slightly as she took in his outfit that matched her dark purple dress. She knew that as a couple, it was only fitting that they wore matching outfits to an event like this.
But she couldn't help feeling bad. She was only pretending to be with Baron so that Kerr would think that she was already in a relationship. She had not expected Baron to start taking this seriously.
"It's the Fang Group's prestigious wine party today, so there will be a lot of peers from our industry. Even Kerr is going to be there."
To be honest, Baron had had second thoughts about inviting Kerr since he knew that his presence might affect Nicole. But after giving it some careful thought, he decided to send Kerr an invitation anyway, hoping that Nicole would not reject him if Kerr was there.
He was actually very nervous that Nicole was going to reject him during such an important function. After all, it was the day that he was planning to expose her identity as his girlfriend to everyone.
"Got it."
When she heard that Kerr was going to be there, she couldn't help feeling nervous.
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