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

was calm when he spoke, just like the look in his

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

overthinking things.

to look at him once again, she said,

a tie. I’m not

as he took off his coat, revealing the white shirt

to calm down by resting

chest.

her hands

them decreased, Caroline could

her chest. She took a deep breath and stood on

toes.

was only five feet and

Kirk crouched slightly. “Is this

the distance between them was reduced. They were in such close proximity

hand trembled slightly, and she muttered almost

I guess…”

warm breath tanning out at

lips

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