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

with you. But now, I'm worried that if I don't hold

grow across his face as her throat tightened. He's afraid that I might

of expression, she gently answered, "Zach, I won't fall for Colton and the Gardners

took the time and paused to look at Zachary whom she understood had

words were earth-shattering, he lifted his head in disbelief, and his lips began to

the first time

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

before her and reached out to hug him while gently patting his back, as if she was

to give anything up for me. You can do whatever you like, be it

"I understand. I need to

aback by his interpretation. However, she brushed it off seeing there was nothing

to even fend for her at all. Just like what had happened with F&M Apparel, he failed to

Once he reached the top, no one

his relationship with Nicole. Even if Nicole agreed to marry Zachary, he had no real way of bringing her into the family. At this stage,

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