Chapter 387 If Caroline Was Truly the One

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“Mr. Cameron, now that you’ve finally met Ms. Brooks… what do you think?” The assistant hesitated as if unsure whether to continue.

Cameron’s hand paused mid–motion as he was cutting his steak.

The usual easy smile on his face faded. After a moment, he let out a quiet sigh. “Let’s wait and see. I need more time with her.”

“Understood.” The assistant nodded and slipped away without another word.

Cameron set down his utensils and took a sip of water. His appetite had vanished.

There was something about Caroline–something cautious, reserved.

Caroline carried herself with a quiet carefulness, an instinctive restraint that had been shaped by years of being overlooked, dismissed, or perhaps even belittled. Even when she hid it well, he could still see it.

Most people wouldn’t notice. But he did.

He had spent a lifetime observing people, learning what made them tick. And from the moment he met

just cautious. She had been made to be that way.

her, he could tell–Caroline was

Before this meeting, he had already gone through her entire background.

from the orphanage into the Brooks family and

really was the person he had spent years

in his chest. How much had she suffered? How difficult had her life

free to live as she pleased. She was meant to stand above the

struggling like this? So

pushing down his

usual calm expression

dinner with you, Ms. Brooks,” he said with his usual charm. “I truly enjoyed

at our

smiled. “I’ll be back. But for now, I have

you just arrive

And now

you flew in just to meet

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Caroline off guard, making her feel unexpectedly flustered. Unable to meet his eyes,

go out of his

way of being polite. Someone like him probably knew

in reading too much into

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