Female Novel
Chapter 299
Chapter 299
Kirk lifted a drowsy Caroline back into their home. After helping her with her bath and changing into her
pajamas, he tucked her up in bed.
Then, he headed to the study and switched on the PC.
After the screen lit up, his eyes zeroed in on the file containing the Information Quentin had procured fo
r Carolie. He clicked it open.
On the other side of the city, Quentin was busy typing away at his keyboard. He glanced at Adrian, who
sat behind him drinking a bottle of
wine.
“Hey, didn’t you say that you were buying me a drink? Why do I feel like you bought it for yoursell?”
Adrian carried on drinking
instead of giving him a reply. Later, Quentin let go of his mouse and stood up, waiting for the PC to cont
inue its operation on its own.
He sat
down beside Adrian and said, “What’s wrong? That woman doesn’t have eyes for you?” Quentin knew t
hat the Sorkins had arranged a blind date for Adrian.
Adrian took a gulp from the bottle and told him, “I met Caroline today.”
Quentin clicked his tongue. He knew it was about her.
After
taking another gulp of the alcohol, Adrian continued, “She came to the restaurant with her husband tod
ay. Every time she mentioned him, she’d always have this proud and blessed look on her face. I
“I’m really curious just what kind of a man he is to be able to make her change so much and become to
tally different from what she was like when she was little.”
Quentin was stunned. This was the first time he had seen Adrian so upset.
A moment later, he stopped joking and said, “Hey, we’ve known each other for so many years, but why
haven’t you talked to me about her in the past?”
“What’s there to talk about?” Adrian smiled bitterly.
“When we were
young, they said she was destined to marry Eddy. Later, when I learned that she broke off her engage
ment with him, she’d already married another man. Maybe we just aren’t meant to be.”
Perhaps it was the effect of wine that made Adrian so open about his thoughts. He slouched on the co
uch, looking very dispirited and fragile.
Quentin fell silent and grabbed himself a bottle of beer. “Maybe you can try it out with someone else.”
“I’ve thought of this too. It was why I went on the blind date,” Adrian said.
“But do you know what I was thinking when Yvonne talked about handbags, her friends, and her life stu
dying abroad?”
Quentin knew very well that the best thing he could do was lend Adrian an ear, so he kept quiet and wai
ted 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 glanced up at
the PC.
Quentin set 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 looki
ng into his background and everything related to his personal life.”
He pressed a few keys on the keyboard and sald, “Do you want to come over here and take a look at hi
s profile?”
Adrian stumbled for a bit before regaining his balance and walking toward Quentin. He had sobered up
a bit already, but the words on the
screen were kind of blurry.
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Alter adjusting the fonts to make the words larger, Quentin moved the cursor and opened the lile. Intere
sting. He studied at the same school as Caroline.”
As he spoke, he scrolled downward, and the look on his face became more troubled.
Adrian held on to the backrest of Quentin’s chair for support. The longer he stared at the screen, the pa
ler he turned. In the end, he darted Into the bathroom to puke.
Seeing this, Quentin rushed off to get a first ald box and went through it to get something to relieve Adri
an of the hangover. The PC was left forgotten in the living room.
After waking up the next day, Caroline prepared all the documents for the election and took a seat at th
e dining table.
Kirk sat across from her and asked, “Do you want me to go with you?”
“Nah.” Caroline didn’t hesitate to decline his offer. It wasn’t that Kirk would embarrass her or anything. It
was just that she knew those in Evans Group would scorn her if they saw Kirk with her.
She didn’t want him to be exposed to their sharp tongues and sarcastic words. Kirk wasn’t a good–for–
nothing person. He was an excellent man.
Smiling. Kirk said, “Are you sure?”
“Yep.” Caroline nodded and held his hands in hers.
“I’ll call you once the results are out, alright?”
Kirk looked down at her hands. Taking advantage of this, he said, “Kiss me once, and I’ll agree to it.”
Laughing, Caroline hooked her arms around his neck and pecked him on the lips. “Happy now?”
Pursing his lips, Kirk pressed a hand at the back of her head and leaned in for another kiss. It was a de
eper one this time, and he pressed
on until she gasped for air.
Smirking, he told her, “Our kiss must be as long as this next time.”
A blush crept up Caroline’s cheeks, and she lowered her head to gobble up her breakfast as she preten
ded not to hear him. Kirk smiled and ruffled her hair.
After they finished having breakfast, Jack drove her to Evans Group.
When she reached, she could sense that the atmosphere was significantly different than before. The la
nguidness in the air was no longer present, and everyone appeared to be in high spirits.
However, the look in their eyes changed when they noticed Caroline. There was animosity when they lo
oked at her.
Despite this, Caroline turned a blind eye to it and made her way to the conference room.
There weren’t many others in the room besides the few employees who were busy placing glasses of w
ater on the table. One of them was Emery Evans.
When Emery saw Caroline enter the room, she couldn’t stop herself from making some sarcastic remar
ks. “Why, you’ve arrived so early today. Are you worried that you won’t be able to come here anymore a
fter losing the election?”
Laughter erupted in the room right after she finished her sentence. However, Caroline remained compo
sed. “The one who might not be able to come back here is you, not me.”
Sneering, Emery told her, “Stop bragging. I’m an employee here. What makes
you think that I won’t be able to come back?”
“Why, it’s simply because,” Caroline approached her and said, pausing at each word.
“I’ll fire you once I assume my position.”
Suddenly fearful of her, Emery’s face paled.
“Aren’t you too full of yourself?” Layla spoke, accompanied by several shareholders. She wasn’t please
d with what Caroline had said.
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Laroune shifted her gaze from Emery to Layla.
Besides the two of Layla’s loyal supporters, there was someone else behind her. It was Sloan’s father, Liam Mackey.
Sloan looked at Caroline with a smile that seemed to say that he was mocking her for being too nalve.
However, she remained indifferent
and turned her gaze back at Layla. “I have full faith in myself.”
Pashing past Caroline, Layla sat on the chair at the very front of the room and sald. “There’s no use in
having faith in yourself. What’s important is what you’re made of.”
“That’s right.” A smile hung on Caroline’s lips as she stared at Layla meaningfully and took a seat acros
s from her.
Later, two other shareholders entered the room. After a moment of hesitance, they sat down beside Car
oline.
Soon, it was obvious which of the people in the room were on whose side, although the election hadn’t
even started yet.