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.
At that same moment, at an airport in Easton, Quentin took the luggage out of the car. He hesitatingly asked, “Do you really want to go to Macovo? What if Caroline isn’t there?”
Adrian took the luggage from him decisively. “I’m going. Even if she’s not there, I don’t want to
miss this chance.”
That day, Quentin had told Adrian about Jack after returning home from the Thorne Corporation.
Afterward, he had looked at Adrian and said, “Why do I feel like this Jack’s story is exactly like yours? An unrequited love that’s finally given up.
The words “given up” had struck Adrian hard. He had given up before as well.
When he had been younger and 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, while
Adrian was an illegitimate son.
Back then, he hadn’t understood. He had just thought that he wasn’t worthy of Caroline.
Once he understood that he might actually compare favorably to Eddy and that Eddy had simply
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By that time, Caroline had already fallen in love with Eddy
After looking at Jack’s information that day, Adrian had 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 was looking at himself
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