Chapter 345

Caroline’s body was tense all over. Under the covers, she pinched her thigh hard, using the pain to force herself to be ruthless.

She ignored the pitiful tone in Kirk’s voice and said, “Nothing. I’m just tired, so I don’t want to talk. Have you bought the plane tickets to lead back tomorrow?”

Kirk reached out a hand to brush away the hair plastered to Caroline’s forehead.

But she evaded his touch once again. Looking at his hand, his heart felt like it had been wrung out after Caroline ducked away from it.

Still, he said warmly and dotingly, “No need to buy plane tickets. We’ll just take a private flight

back.”

Caroline felt a strong desire to ask about it, but it was like there was magic every time Kirk opened his mouth, filling her with guilt.

Besides, the idea that Kirk hadn’t tricked her kept bursting free, and it took all of her strength to clamp that thought down.

“Alright. I’m going back to sleep.”

“Okay.” Kirk helped cover her with the blanket.

This time, Caroline didn’t shy away from his touch.

that same moment, at an airport in Easton, Quentin took the luggage out of the car. He hesitatingly asked, “Do you really want

going. Even if

miss this chance.”

Quentin had told Adrian about Jack after returning home from the Thorne

feel like this Jack’s story is exactly like yours? An unrequited love that’s

Adrian hard. He had

just found out that Caroline was Eddy’s fiancée, everyone told him that he could never beat Eddy. And that was because Eddy was the Morrison family’s heir,

was an illegitimate

just

he understood that he might actually compare favorably to Eddy and that

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already fallen in love with

seen himself in Jack. So when he had found out about Jack’s crush coming to light and his subsequent abandonment of it, Adrian had felt like he

outcome. That

be told that Caroline wasn’t there. As for where she’d gone, no one seemed to know. Thus, he could only have Quentin

answer either.

the end, Adrian had looked for Gwen and discovered that she had taken leave to go to

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