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

doubt our relationship, and they’ll finally stop asking me

voice was calm when he spoke, just like the look

lowered her head, somehow disappointed. She’d thought

overthinking things.

him once again, she said,

I’m not

off his coat, revealing

chest came into view, and Caroline tried to calm down

chest.

tie into her hands and

Caroline could feel her heart beating like crazy. It

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

toes.

feet and four inches tall. She looked tiny before

Kirk crouched slightly. “Is

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

scent. Her hand trembled slightly, and she muttered

I guess…”

lighed his warm breath tanning out at

make–up, which made her lips stand out. There was always this naive and serene

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