The Reunion After Seven Years novel Chapter 87

Making her way to the big tree, Nicole sat beside Kerr and snuggled up to him.

She couldn't tell what exactly happened, if it was all an illusion or not, but she could sense his sadness even though he was smiling. Nonetheless, looking at him now, she was relieved to find his face washed with calmness.

Traces of the cold, powerful man was nowhere to be found, rather she was in the arms of the man she loved.

He placed his arm around Nicole's shoulder and gently kissed her hair.

"Aren't you curious about it?"

From how he knew Nicole, he found it quite odd that she was so quiet by his side. It was a rare sight.

"You will tell me when you're ready."

With a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, Nicole spoke in a firm tone. Although she was very curious, she didn't want to force Kerr to tell her about his past.

"It's not something that I want to share it with you. It's not a pleasant story. I don't want to scare you away."

He wanted to avoid talking about what happened in his past.

He knew that Nicole had a simple life, and the background of his family was too complicated for her. He was worried that she might get scared off. Because of that all he wanted was to decrease Nicole's involvement in his past life.

With the incident last night, the Gu family was bound to investigate the people around him.

"Alright, then you should at least tell me a good story."

She decided not to prod on the topic again.

She didn't want to remind him of the bad memories, so she tried to change the subject.

"A good story? Let's see. Oh I know a good one. There was once a hedgehog that was picked up by a hunter by accident. The hunter was very fond of the hedgehog, but the hedgehog always pricked him with its quills. Then the hunter found out that the hedgehog was just upset that he had a lot of other pets.

Since then, the hunter threw away all the pets around him and made the hedgehog the only one. So they lived happily together."

He looked gently at the woman in his arms, trying to send her a message.

When she held her guard up when they were together, he thought of her as the little hedgehog covered with thorns, full of aggressiveness, but Kerr was still willing to make her the only one.

Hearing Kerr's words, Nicole looked up and raised an eyebrow at him. She then gave him an angry stare and pinched his ear.

"How dare you call me a hedgehog? You are the hedgehog!"

How could she not know the metaphor that Kerr was trying to imply? It turned out that he had always known why she constantly refused him. It seemed like Kerr had been very patient with her.

Kerr had known what her hesitations were and was merely waiting for her to get closer to him, step by step. Nicole was the hedgehog who couldn't face the true feelings in her heart and only wanted to protect herself.

"No matter who you are, my love for you will never falter."

Kerr was not a man who sugar-coated his words. In the past, he didn't need to tell anyone what he was thinking about. But when he was with Nicole, he couldn't help telling her that he loved her.

When she saw how serious Kerr looked, she blushed. She released her hand and lowered her head. After hesitating for a moment, she decided to say what was in her mind.

"I don't know what kind of woman you were with before, but I want you to know that I'm different from other women. The man I want should know that I'm the only woman in his life. I can't accept to share you with others."