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

voice was calm when he spoke, just like the look in

somehow disappointed. She’d thought that he

overthinking things.

once again, she said, “This is my first

I’m not

okay,” Kirk told her as he took off his coat, revealing the

tried to calm down by resting one hand against

chest.

tie into her hands and walked up to

distance between them decreased, Caroline could feel her heart beating like crazy. It

out of her

toes.

only five feet and four inches tall. She looked tiny

Kirk crouched slightly. “Is

reduced. They were in

his scent. Her hand trembled

I guess…”

warm breath tanning

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