The Reunion After Seven Years

Chapter 72 Your Choice Is My Choice

From his home, Baron had been calling Nicole tirelessly, but every time he went straight to voice mail. When he knew the party was over, he tried to reach Nicole, but his mother stopped him from going anywhere.

"Baron, where are you going?"

Mrs. Fang didn't hide the reprimand in her voice when she noticed Baron was worried about Nicole.

"Mom, you've gone too far already, don't you think? I'm the one who wants to be with Nicole. She had no idea what I had in mind before today. You shouldn't treat her or Jay like this ever again." Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

He frowned at his mother.

He couldn't believe how far she had gone to make him give up Nicole. For a moment, he felt she was a stranger to him.

Mrs. Fang, on the other hand, couldn't believe the resentment in Baron's eyes. He had always been a mild-tempered man. He had never even raised his voice to her. She would never expect a woman like Nicole Ning to bring such intense feelings out of him.

"Baron, how can you speak to me like this over that woman?"

Mrs. Fang's voice trembled with grief. A little sorry for her, Baron didn't say anything else.

"Auntie, don't be like this. Let me speak to Baron, okay?"

Seeing the tension between the two, Maggie Chen gave Mrs. Fang a reassuring smile before approaching Baron.

"I've booked a hotel room. Can you drive me there?"

It was easy to tell that Maggie had come to ease things out. Following her lead, Baron glanced one more time at his mother and then nodded.

"Aunt, I'll come back to see you tomorrow!"

After saying goodbye to Mrs. Fang, Maggie got into the car.

On the road, Baron couldn't stop thinking about Nicole for an instant.

"Time flies. I guess I wasn't expecting we would be so grown when we met again."

Maggie turned to see Baron's gentle features and fixed her eyes on him. She sighed, thinking about the time as well as the changes it had inflicted on them.

"Yes."

Baron talked to her casually. In reality, he was anxious to see her at the hotel and be free to go after Nicole.

"Do you like her?"

Maggie could tell Baron had real feelings for Nicole, but it was clear she didn't feel the same as he did. Nicole seemed much fonder of the man that had showed up later.

"Yes, I met Nicole in Manhattan six years ago and I fell in love with her at first sight. But I was too coward to reveal her my feelings at the time."

His feelings had only escalated since then, and he didn't want to hide them anymore. No one could've imagined how much he loved Nicole or how far he would go not to let her go. Not even the Fang family had a say in this.

Yet, it was still unclear if she would forgive him for what had happened today.

"I believe she's the only one in your heart, but my woman's intuition tells me she doesn't feel the same. I think she might be in love with the man who she had gone away with."

The corner of her mouth curled into a bitter smile. Maggie thought fate was weird. She had met Baron much earlier than Nicole had, yet she wasn't the woman he loved.

"I know."

Baron smiled wryly. Even though Nicole was trying to run away from Kerr, there was no way she could escape from fate.

He knew that Kerr was gradually occupying a significant part of Nicole's life and maybe even her heart. However, she was yet to notice this.

"And what are you going to do?"

Maggie looked at him, confused.

"There are only two things you can do when you fall in love. You either wait or give up. I'm waiting. She will know who's more suitable for her in time."

For many years, he had been by her side. He didn't want to let her go now.

Baron parked the car in front of the hotel. Saying goodbye, Maggie opened the door and got off.

As the car distanced itself, she didn't take her eyes off of it.

"Your choice is my choice," she murmured to herself.

Through the rearview, Baron watched her standing where he had left her. Only after a while, she turned around and walked into the hotel.

Baron understood how Maggie felt for him. For this reason alone, he had deliberately let her know how he felt for Nicole. He didn't want her to waste her time on him.

He parked his car close to Nicole's place. As soon as he got off, he went upstairs and used the spare key she gave to him once to unlock the door.

"Nicole!"

The apartment was pitch black. Baron stretched out his hand to find the switch, finally illuminating the place. He then searched every corner for Nicole, but she wasn't anywhere. Helpless, he sat on the sofa.

He would wait for her anyway.

In the He family's villa

Sunny was shocked as she heard the news. She didn't expect Kerr to stand up and protect Nicole and her bastard son in front of so much press.

If she didn't have insiders watching Kerr's every move, she would begin to wonder if that child was his. She had never seen him defend a woman that way before, especially a single mother.

Sunny clenched her fists. It was time for her to teach Nicole a lesson, or she would win Kerr's heart for good.

"I have to get rid of her as soon as possible."

She frowned when she heard nothing but silence from the other side of the line.

"What are you doing?"

Still no answer. When she was almost running out of patience, a calm voice spoke through the phone.

"How many people have you hurt for Kerr? Do you even remember? Do you still remember how you used to be?"

She was surprised to hear him say that. She had always given the orders and the man had never questioned any of them before.

"Those women who seduced Kerr are the ones to blame. All of them. They messed with the wrong person. You know I must be the one marrying into the Gu family."

She never had any doubts that no matter how many women Kerr went to bed with, she was the only one qualified to stand beside him.

"Do you still remember that seven years ago, the He Group purchased another group by all means necessary and nothing stood on its way?"

The man remained in silence. He didn't want Sunny to make mistakes, but he also knew he couldn't stop her from marrying Kerr.