Chapter 43

“K–Kirk? What are you doing here?”

Kirk calmly pointed at a private dining room nearby. “I was supposed to meet a business partner, but he wasn’t able to come today. I saw you when you came in, so I figured I’d drop by and say hi.

Caroline let out a sigh of relief. For a second there, she’d actually thought that Kirk was Eddy’s

second uncle! What a relief!

She’d barely regained her composure when her phone started ringing. She almost pounced on the

table to answer the call.

“Carrie.” Jude’s voice greeted her. “Your second uncle gave me a call just now. Something came up, and he won’t be able to meet you today. He asked me to apologize to you on his behalf, but he

promised to buy you a meal later to make up for it.

Caroline quickly glanced at Kirk, who was standing outside the door. Compared to before, her gaze

Kad turned dull. Tightly gripping her phone, she forced a smile as she said, “It’s alright. Thanks,

Grandpa!”

she hung up

left you

sight of Caroline’s reaction made Kirk

The anticipation

gave way to nothing. “It looks like we’re

seem… quite excited to

smile appeared on Caroline’s face at the mention

know–wait, I don’t even know him. But yeah, he’s the smartest person that I

he saw the admiration in

not be what you imagine him to

say is that

he really is

Eddy’s second uncle had been able to turn it into the largest group of companies in Sarcozia. If that wasn’t amazing, she didn’t know what

for much. She just wanted to learn a thing or

was clearly praising

uncomfortable about it

“Let’s order”

“Sure.”

flew by, and Jude’s birthday drew

days,

together.

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