Chapter 40

Caroline froze. “How did you know that I’d bought a necktie?”

Kirk glanced at the bag and laughed. “I guessed it. What? Are you reluctant to give it to me?”

“No. I bought it because I wanted to thank you for giving me this bracelet. But now, you’re giving me this painting, and I… I don’t know what to do to express my gratitude,” Caroline mumbled.

Kirk swallowed, a tad touched by her explanation. The worry he’d had vanished into thin air. “Help

me tie it then.”

“Huh?” A blush crept up Caroline’s cheeks. Never in her life had she helped a man tie a tie. Besides, tying a tie for someone meant she had to get close to them, and she’d only do it for

someone she was close to.

Yet now Kirk was asking her to do it for him.

“We’re meeting my father next month, yet we seem distant from each other. We don’t look like a newlywed couple at all. Since you’re thinking of a way to thank me, you can get used to being my

relationship, and they’ll finally stop asking

calm when he spoke, just like the

lowered her head, somehow disappointed. She’d thought that he …

overthinking things.

once again, she said, “This is my first time

with a tie. I’m not used

as he took off his coat, revealing the white shirt underneath.

into view, and Caroline tried to

chest.

tie into her hands and walked up

Caroline could feel her heart beating

her chest. She took a deep breath and

toes.

was too tall, and she was only five feet and four inches

Kirk crouched slightly. “Is

the distance between them was reduced. They were

trembled slightly, and she muttered almost

I guess…”

warm breath tanning out at her

had put on some light make–up, which made her lips stand out. There was always this naive

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