Chapter 40

Caroline froze. “How did you know that I’d bought a necktie?”

Kirk glanced at the bag and laughed. “I guessed it. What? Are you reluctant to give it to me?”

“No. I bought it because I wanted to thank you for giving me this bracelet. But now, you’re giving me this painting, and I… I don’t know what to do to express my gratitude,” Caroline mumbled.

Kirk swallowed, a tad touched by her explanation. The worry he’d had vanished into thin air. “Help

me tie it then.”

“Huh?” A blush crept up Caroline’s cheeks. Never in her life had she helped a man tie a tie. Besides, tying a tie for someone meant she had to get close to them, and she’d only do it for

someone she was close to.

Yet now Kirk was asking her to do it for him.

“We’re meeting my father next month, yet we seem distant from each other. We don’t look like a newlywed couple at all. Since you’re thinking of a way to thank me, you can get used to being my

our relationship, and they’ll finally stop

he spoke, just like the

her head, somehow disappointed. She’d thought

overthinking things.

him once again, she said, “This is my

I’m not used

Kirk told her as he took off his coat, revealing the white shirt underneath.

chest came into view, and Caroline tried to calm down by resting

chest.

the tie into her hands and walked up

decreased, Caroline could feel her

thought it would pop out of her chest. She took a deep breath and stood

toes.

and she was only five feet and four inches tall. She looked tiny before

this, Kirk crouched

them was reduced. They were in

hand trembled slightly, and she

I guess…”

lighed his warm breath

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