Chapter 18

Once again, Gwen’s imagination rendered Caroline speechless. “If he truly is some rich man’s son, why would he marry me so quickly?”

Gwen scratched her head, searching for an answer that never came to her. Caroline smiled, amused. “Fine. I’ll ask him about it when I go back home. Then we’ll get our answer.”

“Oh, right,” Gwen said, beaming.

After the two of them said goodbye, Caroline gave Kirk a call. “Let’s have dinner together tonight.” Even though they were married, they stayed in their respective homes. Strictly speaking, they had never even had lunch or dinner together. “Sure,” Kirk replied, the corner of his lips already tilting upward in a smile.

“Well then, come to my house. What do you want for dinner? I’ll go buy the ingredients to make it.”

“Just cook something you like.”

Eddy’s face suddenly popped into her mind. Whenever she made dinner for him over the past eight years, he would always list out the dishes that he wanted. He never asked her about the food she liked. It was as if she never had a favorite food.

“Alright,” Caroline replied. Although the sun had set, signaling the end of the day, her voice was bright and cheery.

Affected by her spirit, Kirk said in a soft voice, “Wait for me

to come home.”

Caroline muttered a “Yes,” hung up, and went straight to

those around him and said, ” Recently, Easton’s market has focused on cosmetics. Do any of you have anything to say about the results of this

their heads in unison. They assumed that Kirk’s gentle side was merely a fleeting

for today.” Kirk rose from his seat, grabbed his phone and documents, and left the meeting room, leaving the company’s executives staring blankly at each other in confusion. These people were all transferred back from overseas and

This was their first time seeing him leave

were all astonished.

received a call from Sean just when he reached the

Morrison, guess who I met today?” said

around

Sean cut straight to the point and said, “I met your wife! She was at the jewelry store in the

auction in Easton. In the end, they left right after Kirk got the bracelet. He had been wondering to whom Kirk would give the bracelet before he chanced upon the latter driving to the hospital. The eagerness on his face then

hearing Sean’s words. He recalled his conversation with Caroline not long ago and could not remember anything strange about it. The drive back to Caroline’s place was no longer pleasant because his

she saw Kirk at the door.” You’re

There was no TV in the living room; there was a sofa set and table.

Kirk’s gaze fell on her. She was wearing an apron with a teddy bear printed on it. Her face was red, even without makeup, and she looked like a ripe apple ready to be plucked from the tree.

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slowly down to her soft lips. Now, it was Caroline’s turn

and a chill ran up her

to reality. Still breathless, she pushed Kirk away. “T–This isn’t in our contract…” She stuttered so much that she accidentally

said, “Yep, it isn’t. But if we were in public and you had pushed me away as you did just now, others would start to doubt our relationship as man and

Caroline took a second to reply. “So you’re saying

Jude had started asking him to bring her home to

come.

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