Chapter 31

Chapter 31

“Are you willing to?” His voice was low and h oa rse, yet his eyes had a strange light in them.

Caroline didn’t know whether he was truly drunk or was simply pretending to be drunk. She pressed her lips against his; her entire face was already bright red by now.

Kirk bent over and pressed on her lips too. The scent of alcohol invaded Caroline’s senses, making her feel light-headed.

Still, her hands tightened their grip on his shirt. As she let them slide down his shirt, her fingers

brushed on something shaped like a lipstick.

The heat she felt instantly vanished like an extinguished flame. Hastily, she pushed Kirk away. “I

-I’ll get you something to sober up,” she said, breathless.

With that, she rushed off into the kitchen and closed the door. She smacked herself on the head a

couple of times and cursed at herself for being clumsy enough to let something like that happen

Kirk was drunk, but she wasn’t. She had no idea how she’d face him in the future if something

happened between them.

However, she felt her heart twist a little upon remembering that lipstick. After calming down, she left the kitchen with a cup of ginger tea.

Kirk was already asleep when she reached the couch. His eyes were shut tightly, and she could

hear his even breath while he slept.

Slowly and silently, she let out the breath she’d been holding and crouched. Then, she helped him take off his shoes and dragged him into the guest room.

This time, Caroline found that he was rather cooperative; he didn’t do anything that he shouldn’t do. As she tucked him in, she glanced at him one last time before leaving and going back to her

room.

She slept so well that she slept in and was harshly awakened by a phone call and someone knocking on her door.

“Caroline, open up the door! Open it now!” It was Sarah. Still drowsy, Caroline climbed out of bed to open the door. “Mom, what happened to you?”

“You have the audacity to ask me that?” Sarah was fuming like a volcano that was about to erupt, and she prodded Caroline in the forehead. “Did you make a bet with Eddy?”

Caroline had barely opened her mouth to speak when Sarah grabbed her by the wrist and ordered, “Come with me to meet Eddy at once and apologize to him in person,”

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Now, it was Caroline’s turn to be angry, She’d spent every ounce of patience she had. Yanking her hand back from Sarah’s grasp, she said adamantly, “I did nothing wrong.”

“Nothing?” Sarah roared. “Listen up, you’re dead if Eddy takes back his investment because of this.

Even if you die, it wouldn’t be much of an apology by then! Quick! Hurry up! We’ll go to Eddy’s house together, so you can apologize to him!”

Dodging Sarah’s clutches, Caroline looked at her grimly and said, “I didn’t make the deal on my own.

He agreed to it. Besides, I’ve managed to borrow 50 million dollars already. With this money, our company can gradually free itself from Morrison Corp and manage to run on its own. Isn’t that a good thing?”

“You managed to get 50 million dollars already?” Sarah was shocked to hear this, but she frowned.

after a moment. “Caroline, what happened to you? Since when did you learn to lie?

“Who in Osbury would lend you money now? I’m so disappointed in you. Come with me. I’ll make you apologize to him no matter what.”

As she was talking, Sarah pushed Caroline to the door, while the latter started struggling against her mother. Suddenly, both women heard a sound from behind them.

It was the elevator. Its doors were open.

They looked in the direction of the elevator to see Eddy and Layla getting out of it. The scene left both mother and daughter dumbfounded, especially because Layla was sitting in a wheelchair with red, puffy eyes, as though she’d just cried.

Now highly alert, Caroline took a cautious step backward.

A smile immediately surfaced on Sarah’s face when she saw Eddy. “Eddy, you’re here! What a coincidence! I was just about to take Caroline over to your place to apologize to you. I already know about your bet.

“It’s all my fault for not disciplining my daughter well and making her cause so much trouble.

Don’t worry, though, because she knows that she’s wrong now…” she blabbered.

“Caroline!” Sarah whispered harshly in an attempt to scold Caroline. She then pushed Caroline to stand before Eddy.

Seeing Caroline made Eddy acutely conscious of the pain in his nose thanks to the punch he’d suffered last night.

Eddy cleared his throat and started, “I’m here today-”

“I didn’t do anything wrong,” Caroline said, interrupting him before he could finish his sentence,” so I won’t apologize.”

Hearing those words, Sarah’s face turned pale instantly. She pinched Caroline’s arm and chastised.

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behaving like this!”

“Mrs. Evans,” Eddy chipped in. “It’s true that it wasn’t her fault. Layla and I are the ones who

should be apologizing.”

His words felt like an electric shock, stunning the mother and daughter. It was an extremely rare

thing to hear Eddy Morrison say sorry to someone else. How bizarre.

“S-sorry…” muttered Layla as she raised her head, still sobbing. “I didn’t do it on purpose,

Caroline. I never thought that Kent would do something like that to you!”