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
he spoke, just like the look in
somehow disappointed. She’d thought that
overthinking things.
him once again,
tie. I’m not used to
okay,” Kirk told her as he took off his coat, revealing the white shirt
tried to calm down by resting
chest.
the tie into her hands and
them decreased, Caroline could feel her heart beating like crazy.
of her chest. She took a
toes.
feet and four inches tall. She
Noticing this, Kirk crouched slightly.
them was reduced. They were
Her hand trembled
…
I guess…”
warm breath tanning
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