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

"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

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

However, because no one spared her an olive branch, she could only continue standing where she was. Caroline could only look at the ground below nervously. If someone could reach out with an olive branch right now, maybe she could use it to help herself down.Caroline opened her eyes and checked the time. It had already been 30 minutes. She wiped her feet and walked to the stairs. Then, she observed Kirk, who was downstairs dealing with work.If he had extended an olive branch to her, would she forgive him and follow him down? This thought flashed in Caroline's mind, and her heart started beating erratically. She quickly looked away.Then, she went downstairs and asked, "Are you working on something?"Kirk looked up at her. "Yeah."Caroline sat on the couch a meter away from Kirk. The two then sat quietly by each other's side. There was no awkwardness, and there was no need for small talk. Such peace had never happened in the office before. Caroline frowned, wish

Corinne ignored her beads of sweat and forced a smile. "I'm listening, Ms. Evans. I think your parents had their reasons to do that, right?"Caroline immediately frowned. "You think there's a reason behind what they did? What type of parents would give their daughter to a man who just wants to take her kidney?"Corinne was left speechless by the question.Caroline continued, "Maybe I'm not my parents' biological daughter. So that's why they don't care about me."Corinne's breath was caught in her throat. The sweat on her forehead dripped to her stomach, sticking to her clothes uncomfortably."Ms. Evans, how can you think like that? There are countless ways to parent in this world," she said."Well…" Caroline glanced at Corinne, who was now drenched in sweat and turning red in the face. A faint smile appeared on her lips, but she quickly held it back and apologized, "Ah, I'm so sorry. The sun's so hot, but I kept talking so much. You should head back now, it'll be terrible if yo