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
relationship, and they’ll finally stop asking me to get
was calm when he spoke, just like the look
lowered her head, somehow disappointed. She’d thought that he … Anyway,
overthinking things.
once again, she said, “This
I’m not used to
told her as he took off his coat,
into view, and Caroline tried to calm
chest.
the tie into her
the distance between them decreased, Caroline could feel her heart beating like
it would pop out of her chest. She took a deep
toes.
only five feet and four inches tall. She looked
figure. Noticing this, Kirk
between them was reduced. They were in such
hand trembled
…
I guess…”
breath tanning out at her
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