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 stop asking me

voice was calm when he spoke, just like the

lowered her head, somehow disappointed. She’d

overthinking things.

at him once again, she said,

tie. I’m not

off his coat, revealing the white shirt underneath.

tried to

chest.

into her

the distance between them decreased, Caroline could

would pop out of her chest. She took a deep breath and stood on

toes.

and she was only five feet and four inches tall.

Noticing this, Kirk crouched slightly. “Is this

distance between them was reduced. They were in

his scent. Her hand trembled slightly, and she muttered almost unintelligibly,

I guess…”

lighed his warm breath tanning out

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