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.”

heartstrings. Caroline muttered a “Yes,” hung up, and went straight

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

assumed that Kirk’s gentle side

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

first time seeing him leave

were all astonished.

just when he

Morrison, guess who I met today?” said

around

straight to the point and said, “I met your wife! She was at

the bracelet. He had been wondering to whom Kirk would give the bracelet before he chanced

not long ago and could not remember anything strange about it. The drive back to Caroline’s place was no

across her face when she saw Kirk at the door.”

TV in the living room;

teddy bear printed on it. Her face was red, even without makeup, and she looked like a ripe

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soft lips. Now, it was Caroline’s turn to freeze. She thought her heart would jump out of her ribcage very soon. Kirk had his eyes locked intently on her glossy

lips met, and a chill ran

Kirk away. “T–This isn’t in our contract…” She stuttered so much

up at 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

reply. “So you’re saying you

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

come.

overseas. Foreigners were usually pretty open–minded, so kissing should

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