After he sent the people around him away, Nathaniel Cooper looked at Karen Joy Kyle again. Looking at her pale face, he couldn't help but to reach out and touch her.
He still remembered that he used to hug her and kiss her pink face, and she would also give him a soft and sweet kiss.
In the past, he didn't understand why adults like children who were playful and talkative. But after he met Little Karen, he finally understood why.
As he heard Little Karen calling his name out gently and innocently, he felt like he owned the world.
A child's world was the most innocent of all. They do not hide much and they were innocently honest. It felt really good to have an innocent child- like her to rely on him deeply.
When she was happy, he was happy too.
When she was sad, you would want to try your very best to bring her bright smile back.
In fact, Karen Joy was not much different from when she was a child. She was no longer chubby but had grown taller and slimmer.
However, despite not seeing her for many years, he was able to recognize her at first glance. She looked almost the same from when she was a child.
"Karen, just hold on and wait for me for a while." He held her hand and pinched it again and again.
In a trance, Nathaniel remembered that the last time he saw Karen Joy was more than a decade ago. At that time, she was only four years old and looked very cute.
On that day, he told her to be good, but she pouted and cried at him. "I don't want to be good. I only want my Brother Lionel."
Only God knew how badly he wanted to let go of everything and secretly take her away to keep her by his side. Then, they would always be together.
However, he thought a lot more from a rational approach.
On that day, he saw her at her parents' wedding. He saw her wearing a small, white wedding dress and saw her father holding her throughout the ceremony. Even when the priest asked the newly-weds to recite their vows, they didn't leave the little one behind.
At that time, he understood how important she was in her parents’ hearts.
It was impossible for him to take her away secretly.
She was too important in her family, but he was just an outsider to her.
When she still remembered him, she would still rely on him and could not bear to part with him. However, as she grew up, maybe her dependence on him would decrease, and their relationship would fade away...
He had never expected that after more than a decade, this girl would still look for him persistently with the necklace that he had given her.
"Mr. President, you have to return now to have dinner with Mr. Louie. We are twenty minutes away from dinner place. We can't afford to waste even a second." The secretary who came with Nathaniel interrupted him abruptly.
It took 20 minutes for him to arrive at their house, so it would take approximately 20 minutes to get back too. Dinner was about to start, so he really couldn't afford to stay any longer.
Nathaniel went from looking at Karen joy's face to looking at the time on the watch on his wrist. He knew that he was running late, but he still didn't want to leave yet.
He didn't want to go, but he had to go... He let go of Karen Joy's hand very reluctantly.
As soon as he let go of her, Karen Joy, who was sleeping soundly, seemed to be frightened and reached out to grab his hand. Nathaniel couldn't bear to leave her hanging, so he continued to hold her.
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