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

won’t doubt our relationship, and they’ll

calm when he spoke, just like the

her head, somehow disappointed. She’d

overthinking things.

at him once again, she said, “This is my first time

with a tie. I’m

took off his coat, revealing the white shirt underneath.

into view, and Caroline tried to

chest.

her hands and walked up

them decreased, Caroline could feel her heart beating like

of her chest. She took a

toes.

too tall, and she was only five feet and four inches tall. She looked

Noticing this, Kirk crouched slightly. “Is

the distance between them was reduced. They were in such close

trembled slightly, and she muttered

I guess…”

breath tanning out

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