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

doubt our relationship, and they’ll finally stop asking me to

when he spoke, just

somehow disappointed. She’d thought that he … Anyway, she

overthinking things.

to look at him once again, she said, “This is

with a tie. I’m

took off his coat, revealing the white shirt underneath.

and Caroline tried to calm down by resting one hand against

chest.

into her hands

between them decreased, Caroline could feel her

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

toes.

five feet

Noticing this, Kirk crouched slightly. “Is

them was reduced. They were in such

his scent. Her hand trembled slightly, and she

I guess…”

his warm breath tanning

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