Chapter 39

“You”

“De quick, and write my name on it.” Caroline paused for a moment and added, “If you don’t, il calll

the jewelry store right now to ask for the surveillance footage!” She enunciated the last few words

slowly for emphasis.

Brie’s grip on the pen tightened, and she stared daggers at Caroline. “Fine Ill do it,” she spar

through gritted teeth.

Seeing that Brie had finally written down her name, Caroline felt the satisfaction she’d

anticipated. She turned to Gwen and said, “Gwen, let’s go.”

Heartily, Gwen agreed. Before walking past Brie, she said to her, “Thank you, Ms. Collins, for being so magnanimous.” It made Brie so pissed that she flung the pen at the ground.

After leaving the auction house, Gwen hooked an arm around Caroline’s and said, “Cardi, you were so cool just now! I think I’m going to start fangirling over you!”

“You’re exaggerating!” came Caroline’s reply.

“It’s true!” exclaimed Gwen.

“Brie always mocked you in the past. You told me before that the Morrisons and the Collins were close, and you had to bear with her because you didn’t want to make things ugly between them

It’s so satisfying that you finally taught her a lesson!”

Caroline smiled at those words as she glanced up at the sky. Indeed, she’d felt the utmost pleasme in achieving that. She realized that she’d started becoming more relaxed and unrestrained after

leaving Eddy.

“Oh right! Where are we going next?” asked Gwen, curious.

“Let’s buy a necktie,” Caroline answered, looking at the emerald bracelet on her wrist

“Are you thinking of giving Mr. Morrison Senior a necktie?” asked Gwen Caroline shook her head

in response.

suspicion. “Carol, are you out of your mind? He

front. “I’m giving him a necktie because he gave me this bracelet. I don’t want to owe him

don’t know what to do with you.” Gwen glanced around them and said,

crossed the road and entered

came to a stop at

asked in confusion, “Uncle Kirk, why are you

had his eyes closed, but he opened them when he

family Aren’t you worried that someone would find

speechless. It took a moment for him to

part of our family yet. She hasn’t married

his eyes once again and ignored him, so Eddy assumed

topic to the journalists they saw just now. The journalists said they received a tip about you attending the auction just now. Where do you think

his fingers on his lap several times before opening his eyes

for you. But what I saw today made me think the opposite. I think that she’s a

Do you like her?”

tapped

continued. “I really don’t understand why so many of you find her likable. You, Grandpa and my parents–everyone likes her. Is it because she has a way

his pointer finger, the gloom in his eyes had vanished. “Since you don’t like her, why force yourself to marry her? Is it just because of

Eddy’s face shifted instantly. Shocked, he turned to look at Kirk and mumbled, “H- how

told me. I

muttered, “You scared me half

you

with much joy,

“Yes”

know that this method is

choice

is very important to me. I’ve combed through the entire country several times but still couldn’t find a compatible one for

me find a suitable

response. Eddy didn’t know what else to talk about, so he said, “Uncle Kirk, as long as you can get the source for a kidney

future.”

lifted into

then, the driver said, “Mr. Kirk and Mr. Eddy, Ms.

mall.”

window to see Caroline and Gwen coming out of the mall

Hermès

Kirk

abruptly when the two women

the bag and started blabbering to Caroline, who merely

and smiled from time

smile was like a cool, refreshing breeze that blew right into Kirk’s heart, and it made

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