Chapter 18

Once again, Gwen’s imagination rendered Caroline speechless. “If he truly is some rich man’s son, why would he marry me so quickly?”

Gwen scratched her head, searching for an answer that never came to her. Caroline smiled, amused. “Fine. I’ll ask him about it when I go back home. Then we’ll get our answer.”

“Oh, right,” Gwen said, beaming.

After the two of them said goodbye, Caroline gave Kirk a call. “Let’s have dinner together tonight.” Even though they were married, they stayed in their respective homes. Strictly speaking, they had never even had lunch or dinner together. “Sure,” Kirk replied, the corner of his lips already tilting upward in a smile.

“Well then, come to my house. What do you want for dinner? I’ll go buy the ingredients to make it.”

“Just cook something you like.”

Eddy’s face suddenly popped into her mind. Whenever she made dinner for him over the past eight years, he would always list out the dishes that he wanted. He never asked her about the food she liked. It was as if she never had a favorite food.

“Alright,” Caroline replied. Although the sun had set, signaling the end of the day, her voice was bright and cheery.

Affected by her spirit, Kirk said in a soft voice, “Wait for me

to come home.”

Caroline muttered a “Yes,” hung up, and

and unreadable as usual. He ignored the curious glances of those around him and said, ” Recently, Easton’s market has focused on cosmetics. Do any of you have anything to say about the results of this survey?”

shook their heads in unison. They assumed that

documents, and left the meeting room, leaving the company’s executives staring blankly at each other in confusion. These

first time seeing him leave the office early, and

were all astonished.

just when he reached

who I met

beating around

call, Sean cut straight to the point and said, “I met your wife! She was at the jewelry store in the city center. She

got the bracelet. He had been wondering to whom Kirk would give the bracelet before he chanced upon the latter driving to the hospital. The eagerness on his face then made Sean suspicious about Kirk and Caroline’s relationship. Were they really just partners bound

recalled his conversation with Caroline not long ago and could not remember anything strange about it. The drive back to Caroline’s place was no longer pleasant because his thoughts were now

her apron still on. A smile spread across her face when she saw Kirk at the door.” You’re here.” She took a pair of slippers from the cupboard

There was no TV in the living room; there was a sofa set and table. A pot of spider plant stood in one corner of

a teddy bear printed on

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hand slide slowly down to her soft lips. Now, it was Caroline’s turn to freeze. She thought her heart would jump out

a chill ran

reality. Still breathless, she pushed Kirk away. “T–This isn’t in our contract…” She stuttered

the sight of the blushing young woman before him. He licked his lips and said, “Yep, it isn’t. But if we were in public and you had pushed me away as you did just now, others would start to doubt our

to reply. “So you’re saying you were testing my reflexes

that Kirk was married, Jude had started asking him to bring her home to

come.

was abroad. This meant that she would have to go overseas. Foreigners were usually pretty open–minded, so kissing should be common to them. This would also mean

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