"It's a deal, then. We'll leave this matter to Mr. Sorkin's friend to investigate," Caroline said as she stood up. Then, she added, "Adrian, you may discuss the specific details with Mr. Hackett Senior. I need to go back to the office to handle some work." "I'll walk you out." Adrian also rose to his feet."There's no need for that."Saying so, Caroline turned to leave. As he looked at her retreating figure and swift movements, Adrian knew what she meant. Yet, he refused to come to terms with it. "Mr. Adrian?"Upon hearing Aiden's voice, Adrian snapped back to reality. Then, he smiled and said, "Let's talk."At that moment, Caroline, who was already downstairs, took the initiative to bid Cheryl and Selena goodbye. Selena was surprised after learning that Caroline was leaving. "Leaving so soon?" Caroline responded, "Yes, Mr. Adrian and Mr. Hackett Senior will discuss the specific details. Even if I stayed, I'm of no help. So, I'll take my leave now.""I'll walk you out,
The day before, Caroline had received information from Adrian and Kirk both online and in person.During that time, she had been overwhelmed and didn't know which one to read first. So, she ended up not opening either file. Now, it was time for her to decide. Should it be Kirk or Adrian? Caroline stared at the phone on top of the file, still unsure which to choose.Suddenly, she thought of the famous coin flip theory. It was said that when one did not know how to make a decision, one could choose to flip a coin.However, the ultimate purpose wasn't to let the coin decide. Instead, one would know what they truly wanted in that second. Caroline had no coins. So, she went to the convenience store to exchange one.After trying several stores, she finally got a ten cent coin.Back in the car, Caroline took a deep breath before tossing the coin."Pop!" The coin dropped to the ground at the moment her mind went blank. Caroline was at a loss for words. She had no idea what
How… did she end up opening Corinne's information, which Kirk had sent her?For a moment, Caroline couldn't find the words to speak. "What's wrong?" Kirk's worried voice sounded when he didn't hear Caroline's response.But now, Caroline's attention was drawn to Corinne's information. "It's nothing. I'm going through Corinne's details now. I'll call you back after I finish reading it."With that, Caroline hung up and started seriously going through the file.The document was similar to the resume Corinne provided. A fire happened when she was five years old, and she was sent abroad. But the document Kirk sent was more detailed.Back then, at just five years old, Corinne was sent abroad overnight. Furthermore, after she arrived at the hospital, the patients there were gradually removed.After that, during the period of her treatment, Sarah and Dan returned to the country at different times. But what was more interesting was that they would go to orphanages upon their arriva
Caroline was puzzled. "Why didn't you send Corrine's information to me when you got it?" This time, Kirk remained silent for a long while.Then, he said, "When I got the information, I was outside a restaurant. I saw you meeting with Adrian."Caroline asked, "You were just outside the restaurant?"That seemed too coincidental, right? So, it also meant that both parties had gotten the information at about the same time.No, this wasn't right…Caroline looked at Kirk, speechless. After a minute, she unbuckled her seatbelt and exited the car. Kirk looked at Caroline in confusion. He only understood what she was doing when she sat in the passenger seat."So, I won?" he asked cautiously.Caroline pursed her lips. "I just calculated the time when you started your investigation and found that you started investigating a day later than Quentin. After the calculation, you did win after all."She had been troubled for half a day over nothing. "So…" Kirk asked carefully. "For th
"What are you thinking about?" Kirk's low voice echoed beside Caroline. Caroline snapped out of her thoughts and looked at Kirk. Under the bright night sky, Kirk's handsome features were lovely to look at. Regardless of his angles or Caroline's mood, she could never bring herself to say that he was ugly.He was like a gift that God had given the world. To her, the one person who had Kirk to herself, it must have been some luck. "I was thinking about how our lives would be like if I had agreed to your revenge plan that day.""I don't know, but one thing wouldn't change." Kirk gazed into Caroline's eyes. Caroline had a feeling and knew what he was going to say, but she couldn't help but ask, "What is it?""I would still fall in love with you."Caroline's heart skipped a beat, and she looked away shyly. "Are we… going to spend the whole day here?""No, I have 24 hours with you. To me, every minute and every second with you is precious. So, I don't want to waste our time.
"Why?" Caroline was confused. She looked through the glass window.The interior didn't seem particularly interesting. So, she really couldn't understand why Kirk insisted on eating here.If he really just wanted to eat, he could've easily dined in a seven-star hotel. The environment there would've been elegant, and not just ten times better than this place, but hundreds and even thousands of times better."There's a rumored charm about this place," Kirk finally spoke up. Caroline looked up at him. He seemed to be struggling to put his thoughts into words. After a moment, he slowly said, "It's said that couples, even if they were on the verge of divorce, if they ate here, they would reconcile as if nothing had happened." Caroline couldn't help but laugh after hearing his explanation. "So, that's why you dragged me here to eat?"Kirk neither agreed nor disagreed. He just looked away as if he didn't hear what she had said.Caroline glanced at him, and somewhere in her hea
There wasn't a response in the group for a while. But Gwen soon cautiously replied, "So, what gave you the illusion that Kirk wasn't popular?"Caroline was silent. "Caroline, let me tell you something you won't like to hear. If someone wants to marry him, I think they'd have to form a queue from Easton to Macldo," Cheryl chimed in.Sonia also joined in and said, "Honestly, if he wanted to, I think he could have a different beautiful girlfriend every single day… Hehe, of course, that is, if he's willing."Caroline was speechless as she glanced at Kirk.When Kirk noticed her looking at him, he turned to look at her too. "What's wrong?"Caroline looked at him for a moment before turning away reluctantly. "Nothing." She had to admit that Kirk was definitely very popular.She then took a bite of the chicken in the bowl. The meat was good, but it wasn't amazing. It was just a gimmick that brought people here. Then, she took another bite and suddenly felt that the queue with Kir
Why didn't she think of that when she agreed? Kirk stared at her as if he was guessing what she was thinking. "If you want to go to a bar, we can go to one."Caroline's eyes lit up. "Really?" Kirk nodded.Caroline looked at her phone. "Then, we can head to the bar after the movie. And after that, we can walk around. It'd be fun to take a stroll late at night. Have you ever tried it?"Without waiting for a response, she continued, "You probably have never done it. Let me tell you, it's really fun. Especially when cars pass by occasionally to break the tranquility…"Kirk gently interrupted her rambles, "I can accompany you to do anything you want, even if it means not going home tonight."Caroline hesitated momentarily before asking, "Is that really okay?""What's wrong with that?" Kirk replied.Under the dim light, his gaze was calm and composed. But Caroline felt as if she was plotting against an innocent man. However, when she thought about go