Chapter 240

When Caroline walked into the office, her colleagues seemed livelier than usual as they greeted her in a flurry. Nothing had changed, and yel everything had changed.

Caroline played with the pencil in her hand, still thinking about Jack. He seemed like a loyal and honest man, not some bad person. But why had he lied about the company hiring him?

She had wanted to ask him about it many times when she’d been in the car this morning. In the end, though, she didn’t.

After keeping it a secret for so long, Jack surely wouldn’t just tell her so easily. If she asked about it, he would get suspicious.

She had better wait until Adrian found her a private Investigator to check it out.

Speak of the devil. As Caroline drank somte water, she received a text from Adrian. It read, “Found a private investigator. Free to come out and meet tomorrow night?”

“Sure,” Caroline texted back.

“Alright,” carne the reply.

Caroline didn’t respond anymore, Instead, she turned on her computer and started to work. As for Adrian, he kept checking his phone, turning the screen on and off again and again.

Someone beside him laughed and said, “Waiting for your girlfriend’s text, Mr. Chef?”

Adrian shoved the phone back into his pocket and said with a teasing smile, “You really know it all, don’t you?”

“Is it really your girlfriend? Who is it? Do I know her? Is she pretty?”

a bang, cutting off the questions. He pulled out a

out. He checked his phone once again.

still

a groove at work. Just then, there was a knock at

carne inside, smiling brightly. “Congratulations, Ms. Evans. You’re

was confused by this. “What are you talking

still pretending at this point? Cheryl, come

came in bearing a trophy, smiling as brightly as

trophy and

this?” she

last time, but

surprise us all?”

that the name on it was hers. Perplexed, she said. “But I didn’t

humble, Ms. Evans. The trophy’s right here.”

right.” Cheryl’s eyes were

you planning on keeping us in the dark, Caroline? The Rosebow Contest is the biggest competition in

door to Caroline’s office was open, and many people walked past. Thus, lots

Evans really win a prize in the Rosebow Contest? How did she

Cheryl

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thought of Vivian. She said naughty. A real Mc

voice rose from

When they saw

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