Following that, Zachary buried his head into Nicole's shoulders as his voice

trembled. "Nicole, I'm scared. When I tried to pursue you back then, I didn't care about how you reacted because I knew that even if you rejected me, you wouldn't have accepted anyone else. But now, things have changed. You and Colton share Hayden now... I..."

Nicole was a little amused hearing the trembling voice by her ear. She knew

exactly what he wanted to say and lightly pushed him away before consoling in a serious tone, "Zach, I don't like Colton. Even if the Gardners acknowledge Hayden as a part of their family, I won't move in with them."

As soon as he heard this, his tense face had finally eased a little.

His eyes were slowly taken over by seriousness and his fear dissipated as he bluntly proposed. "Nicole, will you marry me?"

Taken aback by his sudden proposal, she looked at the man before her with a confused and strange look.

However, Zachary continued to grasp both of her hands and urged, "Nicole, I didn't feel any sense of

before this, thinking that I could take my time with you. But now, I'm worried that if I don't

her throat tightened. He's afraid that I might end

I won't fall for Colton and the Gardners would never accept me

paused to look at Zachary whom she

his head in disbelief, and his lips began

first time that he had gotten a

Zachary pulled her into a hug with a joyous face. "Nicole, that's great. 1-1 don't even know

out to hug him

you don't have to give anything up for me. You can do whatever you like, be

took a few steps back and nodded. "I understand.

speechless as she was taken aback by his interpretation. However, she brushed it

was clear; with the circumstances he was in now, it would be difficult to even fend for her at all. Just like what had happened with F&M Apparel, he failed

to build a name for himself so that he could be powerful. Once he reached the top, no one could walk over him and he would be able to live a

Even if Nicole agreed to marry Zachary, he had no real way of bringing her into the family. At this stage, the most important thing was

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