Chapter 43

“K–Kirk? What are you doing here?”

Kirk calmly pointed at a private dining room nearby. “I was supposed to meet a business partner, but he wasn’t able to come today. I saw you when you came in, so I figured I’d drop by and say hi.

Caroline let out a sigh of relief. For a second there, she’d actually thought that Kirk was Eddy’s second uncle! What a relief!

She’d barely regained her composure when her phone started ringing. She almost pounced on the table to answer the call.

“Carrie.” Jude’s voice greeted her. “Your second uncle gave me a call just now. Something came up, and he won’t be able to meet you today. He asked me to apologize to you on his behalf, but he promised to buy you a meal later to make up for it.

Caroline quickly glanced at Kirk, who was standing outside the door. Compared to before, her gaze Kad turned dull. Tightly gripping her phone, she forced a smile as she said, “It’s alright. Thanks, Grandpa!”

Then, she hung up the phone silently.

“Your date left you hanging?”

The sight of Caroline’s reaction made Kirk feel uncomfortable.

“Yeah.” She looked completely defeated. The anticipation that had been building up the whole afternoon gave way to nothing. “It looks like we’re victims of the same crime.”

Kirk took a step forward. “You seem… quite excited to meet that person?”

A subtle smile appeared on Caroline’s face at the mention of Eddy’s second uncle. “Out of all the people I know–wait, I don’t even know him. But yeah, he’s the smartest person that I know of.”

Kirk’s fist tightened when he saw the admiration in her eyes.

“He might not be what you imagine him to be…”

Caroline turned to face him. He covered his mouth and coughed. “What I meant to say is that there’s always more than meets the eye when it comes to knowing a person.”

“You’re not wrong, but he really is incredible,” replied Caroline smilingly.

After he’d taken over the company, Eddy’s second uncle had been able to turn it into the largest group of companies in Sarcozia. If that wasn’t amazing, she didn’t know what was.

Caroline wasn’t asking for much. She just wanted to learn a thing or two from him so that she Kirk’s brows furrowed Caroline was clearly praising him, but for some reason, he felt uncomfortable about it “Let’s order”

“Sure.”

Time flew by, and Jude’s birthday drew nearer.

Unable to stand the boredom that filled her days, Caroline invited Gwen to go get their nails done together.

The manicurist was trimming her nails when Gwen asked, “Babe, I heard Brie is getting engaged to Eddy’s second uncle. But isn’t that guy working abroad right now?”

Caroline frowned. She remembered Jude telling her that her second uncle had returned in secret and to tell no one about it.

She hadn’t even told Gwen about it.

“Where did you hear that?”

“You haven’t heard about it?”

“I…” Caroline had just spoken when she was interrupted by her phone ringing.

A nearby staff member answered the call for her and put it on speaker.

“Carrie! Something bad happened! Come home now!” It was Dan, and he sounded like he was panicking.

Caroline leaned forward from her seat. “What happened?”

“I’ll tell you when you get here.”