Sweet Sorrow

It was nearly twelve o'clock when Nicole took a taxi there. There were only a few people on the road, except for the road lamps
which were still on and the cars driving silently.
"Thank you." After paying, Nicole closed the door and trotted up the steps.
The security guard had already received the order from Jacob, so when Nicole explained her identity, he let go of Nicole.
Nicole took the direct elevator all the way up to the door of the CEO's office.
Pushing the door open, Nicole anxiously looked into the room. The moment she saw him sitting on the CEO chair in a daze, her
heart was so painful that she couldn't breathe.
"Jacob..."
Hearing this, he turned to look at Nicole with a tired and bitter smile. "I want to pick you up, but I'm too tired to move."
"It's okay. I came upstairs by myself." Nicole walked up to him, put her handbag on the table and held his hand. "Are you okay?"
Jacob kept silent. After a while, he shook his head and said, "No."
Biting her lips tightly, Nicole nodded and hugged him. For the first time, she hugged him like a guardian.
"Nicole..." Leaning his head against Nicole's chest, the expression on his face, which had been cold and rational for the whole
day, finally showed a crack.
He said in a sobbing tone.
"Nicole..."
"Yes, I'm here."
As if he had confirmed his sense of security, his shoulders began to shake. He nestled in Nicole's arms and shed sad tears.
"Waah... Waah..."
The depressing and heavy cries resounded through the spacious conference room. With Jacob in her arms, Nicole gritted her
teeth and looked up at the ceiling, forcing her tears back.

She couldn't be fragile at this time.
It took him a long time to stop crying. Nicole didn't say a word. She quietly stayed with him.
"Am I useless?" After wiping his tears, he asked Nicole.
"No." Nicole answered without hesitation, "You are the strongest and the best person I have ever seen."
"My father won't say that. If he sees me like this, he will definitely criticize me for being emotional and incompetent."
"It's not up to you to decide what happened all of a sudden. However you are, it's reasonable. " Comforted Nicole softly.
"Yes, it's too sudden." Jacob frowned, showing a puzzled and aggrieved expression. "He shouldn't come back so soon.
According to the schedule, he came back the day after tomorrow at the earliest. If he hadn't come back in advance, would things
not have happened? "
Nicole sensed something wrong from Jacob's words, but she didn't show it because he was emotionally unstable. Instead, she
continued to comfort him, "things have happened. You still have a lot of things to deal with. At this time, you have to take good
care of yourself, understand?"
Jacob remained silent.
Nicole knew clearly that her comfort was in vain. In fact, when such a tragic thing happened, no one else could comfort the
victim. Because she couldn't feel the same way.
Nicole had experienced the same feeling when her father had a car accident. She understood the comfort from a distance, but
when it happened to the person she loved most, she was still powerless. It was no different from those who comforted her in the
past.
"No matter what happens, I will be with you." Nicole bent down and looked into Jacob]'s eyes. She held his wrist tightly as if she
was delivering the energy to him through physical contact.
Although Jacob didn't say anything, he leaned against Nicole like a child.
Three days later, the funeral of Jacob's father was held as scheduled.
As a friend, Nicole, Frank and Bevis attended the funeral. At the funeral, Nicole saw Albertan again closely. But this time,
Albertan was not as dignified and proud as she used to be. She seemed to be more than 10 years older and looked sad. She

needed the help of servants all the time.
"I'm sorry." When Albertan came over, Nicole slightly bowed to Albertan and whispered.
Albertan glanced at Nicole indifferently. If her eyes were not hopeless, Nicole would have misunderstood that Albertan had a
prejudice against her.
Nicole kept looking at Albertan until Albertan got on the car and drove away.
"They have always been in good relationship."
Nicole turned around and saw Bevis standing beside her.
"The Gu family is such a powerful family. They have been in love with each other for decades without any scandal or gossip. It's
rare." Bevis continued.
"Then it must be a big blow to her this time. She looks much older." Hearing what Bevis said, Nicole felt sorry for Albertan.
"Yes." "It's really hard to predict. No one would expect such a thing to happen all of a sudden."
Hearing what he said, Nicole suddenly thought of Consuela. At that moment, she had an impulse to tell him that Consuela was
pregnant.
After all, he had told her that it was hard to predict what would happen. If she didn't tell him, what if...
"Bevis, I want to..." As soon as Nicole opened her mouth, a woman in a black long dress with her hair in a bun came over and
held Bevis's arm intimately.
"Why are you here? I was looking for you just now." The woman acted coquettishly to Bevis, and glanced at Nicole intentionally.
Nicole knew that this woman was the "ex girlfriend", Michelle, who forced Bevis to surrender by suicide.
Obviously, Bevis was dissatisfied with her sudden appearance. He scolded, "didn't I tell you to wait for me over there? What are
you doing here?"
"I'm alone. I'm bored and scared, so..." She pursed her lips and asked for forgiveness with her cuteness and coquetry.
Instead of blaming her, he turned to Nicole and asked, "what did you say just now? What do you want to ask me?"

Nicole hesitated for a moment and shook her head, "Nothing."
"What?" Bevis was confused. Seeing that Nicole didn't want to see Michelle, he thought that Nicole was a good friend of
Consuela and certainly didn't like her, so he ordered her, "go over there and take my coat. We'll leave later."
"Ah..." Michelle gripped his arm tightly and looked vigilant.
"Go!"
"Okay." Michelle bit her lips. Although her face was full of unwillingness, she still went there obediently.
After she left, Bevis asked Nicole again, "well, she has left. What do you want to say? Say it now."
Looking into his eyes, Nicole asked in a low voice, "it's been a long time, but you don't care about Consuela at all. Don't you want
to know where Consuela has been and how she is doing?"
Stunned, Bevis seemed to struggled.
"Right. You're living a good life now. I don't think you'll think of Consuela." Nicole smiled bitterly.
"No." "She... is fine, isn't she? "
Nicole asked, "What do you think?"
"...... She should be fine. She is so adorable. Wherever she goes, there will be someone to take care of her. "
She didn't know whether it was his self explanation or his expectation.
But either way, this was not the answer Nicole wanted to hear. This answer, which sounded somewhat irresponsible, was not
enough for her to tell the truth to him.
"Yes, you are right. She is fine now."
Since she didn't want to tell the truth to Bevis, Nicole didn't want to make Bevis worry about Consuela. A strong and proud
woman like Consuela certainly didn't want Bevis to sympathize with her.
Noticing that Nicole had hidden something from him, he stared at Nicole for a while and asked with doubt, "Really?"
"Honey, I've brought you your clothes." At this moment, Michelle ran over breathlessly, sandwiched between Bevis and Nicole.

Nicole took a step back and laughed in her heart, but she nodded seriously, "Of course it's true."