Chapter 298


    Chapter 298


    Adrian hunned, surprised to see


    “Are you here with


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    He smile was wain,


    morning sun, and it made Caroline smile too. Tope, I’m here with my bushand


    The gleam in Addan’s eyes dimmed a bit. “Loveds, eh?


    Embarrassed, Caroline lowered her head for a moment before looking up to ask him, “What about you?


    Are you here with your friends?”


    “Yeah, kind of,” Adn told her alter a moment’s hesitance.


    Silence fell as both of them didn’t have anything else to talk about after that. Adrian broke the stillness


    by asking, “Can I meet your husband?


    He was curious about what kind of man could make her change so much.


    “Surel” Caroline beamed. “But you have to wall for a bit. I want to


    the bill first”


    “Let me treat you two this time,” Adrian told her.


    “No, I’m fine.” She waved her hands, declining his offer.


    “How can I let you do that?”


    The two of them fought for the bill, and the stall at the counter asked for the number of Caroline and


    Kirk’s private room.


    Alter typing away at the keyboard for a while, she looked at them both and sald, “Room 201 has been


    paid for,”


    Once again, silence shrouded the alr. Awkward, Caroline rubbed her temples and said, “I forgot to ask


    my husband if he had paid for it. He


    must have done it earlier.”


    Adrian smiled and shifted the topic of their conversation. “Well then, I can meet him now, right?”


    Caroline heartily agreed and led him to the private room. Just then, a soft voice sounded from behind


    thern. “Adrian,” the voice called out.


    Caroline halted in her tracks and turned to the source of the volce, along with Adrian.


    A gentle–looking young woman in a ck dress stood nearby. She was pretty, and her bearing


    suggested that she came from an affluent


    and sophisticated family.


    A look of unease took over Adrian’sce when he saw her.


    The woman approached them and eyed Caroline up and down before smiling, which showed off her


    dimples. “Caroline Evans?”


    Caroline didn’t recognize this woman, who was reaching out a hand to her. “Yvonne Hackett. You don’t


    know me, but I know you.”


    Caroline repeated the name in her mind and soon found an answer.


    This woman was the Hackett family’s daughter. There weren’t many girls or women in their family, so


    all the Hacketts showered them with


    love.


    That was why Yvonne was treated quite well, although she wasn’t the daughter of the head of the


    Hackett family. She had also made appearances at plenty of events and asions.


    Caroline had met her a couple of times before this and knew her as a cule and soft–spoken young


    woman. She only had a vague impression of Yvonne, though, since they had never interacted much.


    “I know who you are, Ms. Hackett,” Caroline said, and they shook hands.


    “Why are you here?”


    Yvonne hooked an arm around Adrian’s as though it were a natural thing for her to do. “I’m here to


    apany Adrian.”


    Realization dawned on Caroline, and she smiled warmly at Yvonne. “I see. So you came here with Ms.


    Hackett.”


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    Discreetly, Adrian withdrew his arm from York’s and can on selfs d


    He didn’t know why he wanted to exin himself but merely cold that it was/


    Caroline blinked, a bit confused at why he would felt her tits pet to the men * prime


    Hearing this, Yvonne smiled and said, “Oh Were you for going to meets Event se do prog to abandon


    me, Adrian.” She sounded coquettish


    Somehow, Caroline sensed that Yvonne’s words expressed a certain degres of my med bar


    Perhaps she was simply overthinking it, but she didn’t take it to head told ham, med bark?


    She pointed in the direction of the private room she shared with Kirk and bed them goods


    Watching her retreating figure, Adrian escaped from Cnne’s rest and followed after werde


    Caroline stopped and turned to look at him, but he couldn’t seem to form any wrote that


    “What?” She asked, puzzled.


    Adrian frowned for a moment before smiling. I just wanded to tell you that Gustin’s almost dons with the


    pad You’ll get the results very soon.”


    “Really? Caroline bearned. Quentin had told her several times before that he couldn’t find out


    verge of giving up.


    Who knew that he would be able to uncover more clues again?


    “Yep. He’ll be able to give you the information you need soon?


    “Thank you so much, Adrian, Give Quentin my regards too. Caroline sounded more cheerful now


    Til treat you guys to dinner after I’m done with my work.”


    After that, she thanked him a couple more times and said goodbye.


    This time, Adrian had no other reason to stop her from leaving, so he could only watch as she walked


    away


    Yvonne watched their interaction the entire time with her hands balled into fists. She then walked


    beside him and tol


    let’s go back.”


    Adrian turned to look at her and found that he had lost his appetite. “You go on and eat alone, I’m


    heading back first. With that said, he


    turned and left.


    Yvonne chased after him, but he was too quick for her and got in his car in the blink of an eye. When


    she caught


    were the tail lights of his car.


    Helpless, her knuckles turned white from clenching her fists as she watched him leave her behind. She


    spent a moment staring back in the direction where Caroline left them a while ago, then strode back


    into the restaurant.


    Caroline and Kirk returned home after they finished dinner. She told him about her encounter with


    Adrian and Yvonne in the restaurant


    “I never expected Adrian and Yvonne to go on a blind date together,” she said as shebed her hair


    with one hand


    Her hair was messy from the wind from the open window, and her other hand was in Kirk’s grasp


    Adrian was Mr. Sorkin’s son, and Yvonne was Mr. Hackett’s elder brother’s daughter, Even though all


    the Hacketts adored her, her status.


    was significantly lower than Adrian’s.


    It wasn’t like Caroline thought any of these mattered. She simply understood that families like theirs


    took one’s status very seriously.


    In the past. Mr. Morrison Senior had wanted her to marry into the Morrison family, but there were many


    who opposed it


    So it came as a surprise that the Sorkins would agree to let Adrian and Yvonne start a rtionship


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    *** about then to Alls hishamn her with her bath and changing into her pajamas, he tucked her up in


    bed.


    Apps spent in the his cob the information Quentin had procured for Carolic. He clicked it open.


    We want of the the Quentin was her hot away at his keylmand. He nced at Adrian, who sat behind


    him drinking a bottle of


    The tomat that you were lucht the ash/Why do I feel like you bought it for yourself?”


    Avalon shot take and of aching him a reply Later, Quentin let go of his mouse and stood up, waiting for


    the PC to continue its


    He sat down beside Aditan and said, “What’s wrong? That woman doesn’t have eyes for you?‘


    Quentin knew that the Sorkins had arranged


    Gatis Kehte hue. He knew it was about her.


    Mer taking another gulp of the alcohol Adrian continued ‘She came to the restaurant with her husband


    today, Every time she mentioned his she always have this proust and blessed look on herce, I


    Is to be able to make her change so much and be totally different from what she was


    dopped


    lige he had seen Adrian so upset.


    and said, “Hey, we’ve known each other for so many years, but why haven’t you talked to me about her


    “What’s there to talk about? Adrian smiled bitterly


    “When we were young, they said she was destined to marry Edily, Later, when I learned that she broke


    off her engagement with him, she’d


    man. Maybe we kist aren’t meant to be.”


    the effect of wine that made Addan so open about his thoughts. He slouched on the couch, looking


    very dispirited and


    hagite


    Quentin fell silent and grabbed himself a bottle of beer. “Maybe you can try it out with someone else.”


    Ive thought of this too. It was why I went on the blind dale,” Adrian said.


    “that do you know what I was thinking when Yvonne talked about handbags, her friends, and her life


    studying abroad?”


    Quentin knew very well that the best thing he could do was lend Adrian an ear, so he kept quiet and


    waited for him to continue.


    “I wondered what Caroline was doing at that time and what she would say if she were the person sitting


    across from me. Maybe she wouldn’t say anything at all-


    Just then, a ping came from the PC. It snapped Adrian out of his stupor, stopping him from carrying on


    with the topic. He nced up at


    the PC.


    Quentin sel down the beer bottle and walked to the PC.


    “Didn’t you ask me to investigate Jack, the UFC wrestler who’s also Caroline’s driver? I’ve started


    looking into his background and everything rted to his personal life.”


    He pressed a few keys on the keyboard and said, “Do you want toe over here and take a look at


    his profile?”


    Adrian stumbled b bit before regaining his bnce and walking toward Quentin. He had sobered up a


    bit already, but the words on the screen were kind of blurry.