Bogus Billionaire by Shining Riviera

Chapter 40

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

and

was calm when he spoke,

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

overthinking things.

she raised her eyes to look at him once again, she said, “This

with a tie. I’m

okay,” Kirk told her as he took off his coat, revealing the white shirt underneath.

Caroline tried to calm down by resting one

chest.

her hands and walked

the distance between them decreased, Caroline could feel her heart beating

she thought it would pop out of her chest. She took a deep breath and stood

toes.

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

Noticing this, Kirk crouched slightly.

between them was reduced. They were

trembled slightly, and she muttered

…

I guess…”

warm breath tanning out at

out today, Caroline had put on some light make–up, which made her lips stand out. There

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