"Kirk?" After a brief feeling of astonishment, Caroline felt rage surge through her. How had he known that she was here?Kirk smiled as he looked kindly at Adrian, who was behind Caroline. But there was a violent wave buried deep in his eyes. Adrian was stunned when he first saw Kirk. His immediate reaction was to recall which family this man was from. But no matter how he went through the memories in his mind, he couldn't place the man. In the end, Adrian looked at Kirk warily. This was no simple man. As Adrian regarded him without inhibition, Kirk only swept Adrian a casual gaze before ducking his head toward Caroline. "Jack said you were sending Gwen home, so I came over to check on things. Is everything alright? Do you need help?" As he spoke, he took Caroline's hand, wordlessly saying that she belonged to him.Caroline was currently angry at Kirk because he knew her whereabouts. She didn't notice the two men glaring at each other. "It's nothing. Gwen just got drunk."
"Darling," Kirk said."You head home first."Kirk watched as Caroline turned mercilessly away, his fists clenching. "Alright, I'll go home first. Call me if anything happens," he said. After that, he was silent for a moment before he left and closed the door behind him.When the door clicked closed, Caroline couldn't maintain the rigidity of her back anymore. She slid to the ground. She covered her face as her shoulders trembled gently. After more than half an hour, Caroline rushed into the bathroom and wiped the tears from her face. When she looked up, she saw herself in the mirror, her makeup ruined. Although she had been trying hard to fill the emptiness in her heart with work, as more time passed, the pain got harder to deal with.If this went on, she would go crazy.She took out her phone and clicked on her chat with Marina. There were no new messages. There were still 18 more hours until working hours started in Macldo.Caroline had the urge to sedate herself and slee
Gwen couldn't keep it a secret anymore with the way Caroline was looking at her. She could only swallow her pills, wash them down with water, and say, "I've been suspended at work."Caroline frowned. "Why didn't you tell me such an important thing?""I didn't know how to tell you." Gwen sighed. "Besides, I didn't want to keep bothering with all my little issues."Caroline replied, "But I'm your best friend.""Alright, alright. Are you going to listen or not?" Gwen whined. In response, Caroline could only say, "Alright, tell me.""Actually, it's really simple, but I have to start from Macovo …"After Caroline and Kirk had left Macovo, Gwen and Sean had kept looking for witnesses. But after going through dozens of people, no one came forward. They didn't know if it was because the witnesses found the matter too troublesome or because they really didn't see anything. Seeing that their vacation was almost over, Gwen had no choice but to give up. After all, she assumed that she
When she got to that point, Gwen laughed. "It was better in the past when I would dump them after I got them. "I didn't have to worry about the guy cheating at all. As long as we break up fast, they won't get to cheat on me."Caroline smiled as she looked at Gwen, but it didn't reach her eyes. Gwen was right. Love was really quite tiring. One needed to nurture love with a lot of effort so that it could last forever. "What about you?" Gwen asked, turning her head toward Caroline.The smile was still on Caroline's face, but now her gaze drifted. "I … Do you remember I told you I was scared?"Gwen blinked."The husband was a murderer, but the wife only found out when the police came to their door …"Gwen sat up. "You mean …"Caroline shook her head as she laughed. "No. It's just that my complete trust in him seems to be cracking.""What exactly happened?"Caroline shook her head and looked at the time. "I'm not sure yet. I still have to wait …"Caroline just had to wait a lit
Adrian frowned imperceptibly when he heard Caroline use such a formal form of address. "I'm here about yesterday …" Adrian started. "Andrea said you wanted to sign with one of the female celebrities under Sorkin Group. Is that right?""That's right." Seeing that Adrian was talking about business, Caroline's tense back finally relaxed. "It's Sonia Norman. This is the contract we've drafted. Please have a look."She continued, "As for the fee, we will use a new model. There will be a basic fee for her to become our ambassador, and then 10% of the profits. Is that alright?"Caroline had checked Sonia's other sponsorships. Sonia was paid a million dollars or more every year. With Evans Group's current situation, every cent had to be spent well. Thus, Caroline had offered a fee of 800 thousand dollars and then profit sharing later on.To Sorkin Group, this amount wouldn't lose money, but it wouldn't make money either. For business people, not making money amounted to a loss. Hen
Caroline smiled. "That won't happen. Sonia has a solid fanbase. Even if the webseries fails, we can still get sales through streams."Cheryl immediately relaxed when she heard that. "Caroline, you're amazing. You really thought of everything. I'll be going then."Caroline nodded. After watching Cheryl leave, she slumped onto the couch in fatigue.Even though she was at work, she needed to expend a lot of energy to concentrate on doing her job. Otherwise, her thoughts would always drift off, and she would think about how Marina's search was going. What if Kirk really had another wife? What would she do then?All these thoughts suffocated her, making it hard for her to breathe.Caroline looked up at the clock on the wall and unlocked her phone. Marina should be at work at this hour, but there was still no news from her.Clicking on their chat, Caroline hesitated before deciding to send Marina a message anyway. "Have you found it?"After sending the message, Caroline immediatel
"Madam, what's wrong?" The moment Charles came into the office, he noticed Caroline slumped on the couch, pale-faced. It looked like she had just been hit hard by something and was barely holding on.Caroline didn't hear what Charles said at all. She couldn't even see Charles in front of her. She could only sense that there was someone's figure moving around.She felt like her soul had been sucked out of her, and she was left in a daze.Charles was at a loss for a time too. Then, he spotted Caroline's phone on the floor in his peripheral vision. He instinctively bent to pick it up while he extracted his phone to call Kirk. At that moment, Caroline pounced on him as if possessed, ripping the phone away from Charles.Charles was shocked by Caroline's behavior. After a few seconds of astonishment, he finally reacted. "Madam, are you alright?"Caroline shouted, her eyes red, "Get out!" At that moment, she didn't want to see anyone who had a connection to Kirk.Charles looked
"What?" Caroline took a step back and interrupted Kirk. "Enough. If you're still hesitating at this point, I doubt you're going to tell the truth. "How about this? I'll give you time to think about it. Once you come up with a lie, you can come and see me again."After saying that, Caroline picked up her luggage and strode downstairs. Kirk caught up to her when she reached the doorway."Where are you going? I'll drop you off." Kirk gripped Caroline's wrist as he begged sincerely.The words to reject him stuck in Caroline's throat. They wouldn't come out, no matter how hard she tried. She squeezed her eyes shut. Seeing that Caroline wasn't rejecting him, Kirk let her go and put her luggage in the trunk. In the car, Caroline didn't say anything more than "Take me home". She didn't want to speak to Kirk, and she didn't have the energy to talk anyway. Kirk wanted to say something more, but Caroline had already slammed the door closed on him. He could only stand there withou