My CEO Daddy by ELAINE MALLIN

Jay had always been observant of the things happening around him. It was no wonder that he easily noticed the smell of ointment on Nicole. He raised his hand in an attempt to touch her face but she dodged him.

"Mom, did you stay out to find dad for me?"

As far as he could remember, he had always been different from the other children. Unlike his classmates who had two parents, he only had a mother. Although Uncle Fang treated him very well, he knew all along that he was not his biological father. Genius or not, it was natural for a child like him to want a complete family. That was one of the deepest desires in his young heart.

However, he didn't want his mother to feel miserable for his sake. He didn't want her to commit a mistake because of him.

Hearing Jay's straightforward question, Nicole's mind was suddenly flooded by the image of Kerr's expressionless face and his cruel words about his own unborn baby. She shook her head involuntarily.

"That's ridiculous. Don't talk nonsense. I have gone to work," she admonished him gently.

She put Jay on the bed and covered him with a quilt. She then sat down by his bedside and studied his delicate face intently.

Nicole noticed the wrinkles between his son's eyebrows. She had never noticed this strange facial expression on her son before, and it was similar to the worried look sported by Kerr earlier. In a split second, the wrinkles between his eyebrows were gone and his facial expression returned to normal.

"Mom, I don't want dad. I just want you, mom. That's enough for me."

Jay looked up at her with his big and innocent eyes.

"My silly boy, don't think too much. Go to sleep now. You need to go to school tomorrow." She patted him softly by the cheek.

Soon enough, Jay was beginning to snore softly in his sleep. Smiling involuntarily, she put a soft kiss on Jay's forehead. After watching his sleeping face for a few more minutes, she went to her room.

Turning on the light and looking at her face in the mirror, she found that it was no longer as red and swollen as before. Her worries about tomorrow had decreased a little but she still felt uneasy because her mind unintentionally dwelled on thoughts about Kerr. He was like a time bomb buried in her heart.

Sitting in his car, Kerr looked up at the room that had just lit up. He was soon lost in thought. He felt something familiar about Nicole, but he couldn't specifically pinpoint where the familiarity was coming from.

He had complete faith in Jared's ability, but even he couldn't find information about Nicole. Usually, this only meant one thing: she was hiding something. What was it? He needed to know about her secret.

"Go back," he commanded the driver. Behind his cool demeanor, his mind was in shambles as it tried to justify why he followed Nicole home.

know why he wanted to watch her safely back

that this gated community belonged to the Gu family. The fully closed residence estate was exclusive to wealthy families and was highly regarded for its security and safety features, thereby earning a

in various fancies and conjectures during the whole night. She was feeling paranoid and worried that Kerr would take her son

bedside. Seeing that she was frowning in her sleep, he reached out to turn off the alarm clock, sighed softly, and set the

watched his mother's sleeping face for a few more seconds before turning away to take his little

of him being left-out by other kids of the same age. Since,

every day, forgetting that he was

turned it off instinctively. She was about to go back to sleep when the morning light hit her eyes. She felt that something was strange. When she saw that it was morning already, she slapped her forehead in

her eyes and looked at the wall clock. It was already half past eight. She had to work at nine o'clock,

"Ah!"

scream echoed throughout

she saw the ointment on the

for work. I already went to school. Remember to eat the breakfast on the table and here's the

words on

some sufferings, Jay was the best gift from God for her.

got dressed. It took Nicole only ten minutes to prepare for work. Instead of eating the packed sandwich, she decided to bring it to work. Thankfully, she managed to arrive at the office on time at exactly

in the office, Nicole

took off the scarf covering her hair and face. In front of the mirror, she started to hastily apply some

"Mr. Gu, Miss Ning has arrived in the office,"

clearly see his face. The gloomy expression on

ask her to come here," he said in a terse reply without

glued to the folder which he

in front of Nicole's office shortly. He was about to knock on her door but

surprise, he witnessed Nicole put a sandwich into her

standing at the door with a blank look on his face. She immediately swallowed the sandwich in her mouth and spoke to him as if nothing

the matter, Mr. Jared?"

wants to see you,"

that he saw someone eat breakfast during the designated working hours of the

Group followed a strict office rules and guidelines to ensure the efficiency and productivity of its staff. The newly-hired director, Nicole Ning, was the first