Chapter 345
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.
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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 ne tickets to lead back tomorrow?”
Kirk reached out a hand to brush away the hair stered 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 ne 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 mp
that thought down.
“Alright. I’m going back to sleep.”
“Okay.” Kirk helped cover her with the nket.
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 actuallypare 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 crushing to light and his subsequent abandonment of it, Adrian had felt like he was
looking at himself
But Adrian didn’t want that kind of oue. That was why he had to give himself a chance.
Adrian had gone to Evans Group, only to be told that Caroline wasn’t there. As for where she’d gone,
no one seemed to know. Thus, he could only have Quentin find out for him. But there was no
answer either.
In the end, Adrian had looked for Gwen and discovered that she had taken leave to go to Macovo. That
was when he had a small breakthrough.
But Gwen’s colleagues weren’t sure if Caroline had gone to Macovo with her.
Quentin stopped thinking about it. “Alright, since you’ve already decided, I can’t keep trying to convince
you. Have a safe flight.
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Adrian replied, “Thank you.” Then, he dragged his luggage over to the security checkpoint.
Watching Adrian’s retreating back, Quentin exhaled softly. He hoped that Adrian would find happiness
this time.
The ne headed for Macovo from Easton slowly took off.
At that moment, the ne headed for Easton from Macovo was also taking off.
On the airne, Caroline continued to keep silent. Before his judgment came, Kirk felt like a knife.
hung over him, taking forever to actually drop. It was this uncertainty that was most agonizing.
Kirk had tried many times to put in a good word for himself, but he was scared that Caroline would think
he was making excuses. So he decided to y it cool.
Thus, they were silent the whole trip back.
Back in Easton, Kirk felt like he had found a savior when he saw Jack.
“You’ve been training very welltely. Your arms are getting …” Kirk took ages to fish for the right word.
strong.”
Jack looked at Kirk like he was an alien. What was wrong with this guy?