Ken watched Jared's actions carefully, recalling what Kerr had told him earlier. Finally he sighed, got
into his car and drove till he caught up with Bonnie.
"Get in the car!"
he called, stopping the car right next to her. His dissatisfaction was obvious on his face. Seeing Bonnie
standing still, unresponsive to him, he began to grow impatient.
"Quick! We need to get to warehouse 9!"
Bonnie finally managed to respond, directing Ken with an anxious look on her face. She gripped her
phone rightly and tried calling Howard's number again. The dial tone rang and rang, but no one
answered.
Kerr shrewdly watched Ken drive his car away.
"Go get the car."
It seemed there would be a good show; of course, he wouldn't miss it. He remembered how much
Nicole cared about her sister and how Bonnie was cold to her last time. It looked like God was giving
him a good chance to help Nicole. He pulled out his phone and dialed Nicole's number.
Nicole had just finished her shower and was getting out of the bathroom when her phone rang. She
toweled her wet hair with one hand as she walked towards the phone she had placed on the bedside
table. She frowned when she saw Kerr's name on the screen.
She stared at it for a while, debating whether she should answer the call and finally decided to ignore it.
'It's already late. I know he could be calling me for reasons other than work, but besides work matters,
there's really nothing much we can talk about,' she thought to herself.
Her phone finally stopped ringing. She was just about to turn it off and go to sleep when a message
from Kerr appeared on the screen. His message consisted of only two words, "Bonnie Ning."
Shocked, she reread the message to make sure she hadn't seen it wrongly the first time. Then she
immediately called him back.
"What happened to Bonnie?"
Kerr's face darkened immediately when he heard Nicole's anxious voice. Based on the timeframe in
which she had called back, it was obvious that she had intentionally ignored his call.
"Why didn't you answer my call?"
He couldn't accept the fact that Nicole had intentionally avoided his call. He would rather have her hate
him than totally ignore his existence.
"Tell me what happened to Bonnie,"
Nicole repeated urgently. After she had parted with Bonnie at the hospital, Nicole found out that Bonnie
desperately needed money, so she had tried calling her repeatedly. Yet all of her calls had gone
unanswered.
Nicole had tried asking her aunt about it, but she didn't seem to have any idea why Bonnie needed
cash so urgently. In spite of all her efforts to show concern about Bonnie, she just couldn't find a way to
help her.
And now, Kerr was suddenly mentioning her sister's name, leaving her surprised and slightly confused.
"Answer my question first,"
Kerr replied stubbornly. His car eased through the entrance of Nicole's apartment building and parked
right under her block. As he talked, he looked up at the light shining from her unit.
"All right, since you insist. I was taking a shower when you called. Now tell me what happened to
Bonnie," she repeated her question again.
She knew Kerr had a one track mind. As long as she didn't answer his question, he would keep asking
and ignoring her question. To avoid wasting any more precious time, she gave him the most
reasonable answer she could think of.
"She seems to have gotten into trouble. I'm already downstairs, parked right below your block. Come
down now and we'll go see her together."
He couldn't tell if she was lying to him, but he would find out as soon as she came down.
After hearing Kerr's words, Nicole immediately hung up and got dressed in some casual clothes. Her
hair was still wet as she was too distracted to continue drying it while she was on the phone with Kerr.
Drops of water were still dripping from the ends but there was no time to dry it.
Before leaving the house, she stopped for a while and decided to pop into Jay's bedroom to check on
him. She opened the door slightly and peeped at him. She saw him with his eyes closed and left,
thinking he was already asleep.
But as soon as Nicole had closed the door, Jay's eyes were wide open and he sat up. He turned on the
laptop that was sitting at his bedside and soon his little fingers were flying over the keyboard. He didn't
stop until two overlapping locations on a map appeared on his screen. Smiling with satisfaction, he
finally shut down his laptop to get a good night's sleep.
Downstairs, Kerr received a message on his phone while he was waiting for Nicole to come down. It
was from one of his security team at the Gu Group, telling him that someone was tracking his location.
He frowned slightly as he read the message.
It had been a very long time since someone had tried to mess with him.
Meanwhile, Nicole had finally reached the bottom of her block, where she spotted Kerr's car
immediately. Without any hesitation, she rushed over to the car and got in the back seat.
"What happened to Bonnie? Where is she? "
Kerr noticed the water droplets at the ends of Nicole's long hair and his dark expression softened a
little. He reached into the locker in the car and took out a clean towel to gently dry her hair.
"Don't worry, Ken is with her. Everything will be fine. I'll get their location and we'll go over to them right
now,"
Kerr told her in a calm voice. Despite his tone, his words didn't do anything to calm her nerves. She
tried to grab the towel from him, but he quickly pulled it out of her reach.
"I can do it myself."
"Don't move."
Kerr seemed to like Nicole's long hair. She had soft, luscious black locks with a natural curl, which
made her look like a gentle, innocent girl.
It soon became clear to Nicole that Kerr wasn't going to give in, so she had no choice but to allow him
to continue drying her hair.
She hated to admit it but his gentle actions were actually rather calming and relaxing.
In the other vehicle, Ken had managed to control his anger throughout the whole journey and drove up
to the gate of warehouse 9. He glanced out of the window indifferently, noting that the warehouse was
totally dark, without any lights on. Yet he had the feeling that there were at least six people hiding
inside.
Now that they had reached their destination, Bonnie left the car without even acknowledging Ken. He
returned the favor by moving the car even before she had her feet firmly on the ground.
She summoned up her courage, took a deep breath and walked towards the warehouse.
As Jared approached warehouse 9, he noticed Ken's car parked not too far away. He told Kerr,
"Mr. Gu, Mr. Qin is already here."
Kerr nodded firmly as he heard Jared's words. After Jared had parked the car, he took Nicole's hand
and led her out of the car.
Initially, Nicole struggled to shake his warm hand away from hers, but as she registered the cold sea
breeze and the gloomy darkness, she decided not to let go of his hand.
"Where's Bonnie?"
she asked Ken anxiously, when she spotted him smoking while leaning against his car.
"She's inside."
Ken watched the couple exit the car and let out a smoke ring nonchalantly.
"Put that out."
Ken frowned as he watched Ken smoking. Personally, he didn't mind, but Nicole was there and he was
worried that she wasn't used to the unpleasant smell of cigarettes.
Ken rolled his eyes at Kerr's command but listened to his words anyway, throwing the unfinished
cigarette down on the ground and stepping on it to extinguish it.
"Is she alone in there? What's that noise?"
Nicole asked Ken, sounding a bit shocked. Aside from the sound of the howling wind, her ears picked
up the sounds of men's cold laughter and a woman faintly calling for help.
"Ahh!"
She knew that voice. It was Bonnie's voice. Instinctively, she let go of Kerr's hand and tried to run
inside. But before she could even move one step away, Kerr grabbed hold of her and pulled her back
protectively into his strong arms.
Ken rolled his eyes at Kerr's command but listened to his words anyway, throwing the unfinished
cigarette down on the ground and stepping on it to extinguish it.
"Is she alone in there? What's that noise?"
Nicole asked Ken, sounding a bit shocked. Aside from the sound of the howling wind, her ears picked
up the sounds of men's cold laughter and a woman faintly calling for help.
"Ahh!"
She knew that voice. It was Bonnie's voice. Instinctively, she let go of Kerr's hand and tried to run
inside. But before she could even move one step away, Kerr grabbed hold of her and pulled her back
protectively into his strong arms.
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