Chapter 247

Kak laughed bitterly. “Darling, when you’re like this, I Caroline looked up, her gaze bright and clear as she regarded him. “You what?”

“I want you.” Kirk bent down and gently captured Caroline’s lips. He treated her softly, as if she were a precious gem.

The warmth seeping into her skin swept Caroline into the depths of passion, making her forget her fears.

She reached out to hook her arms around Kirk’s neck. She wanted badly to stay in this moment forever, with the moon shining upon them.

After a while, Kirk finally let go of Caroline. “Be good. It’s too late at night now. Let’s go to bed.”

But Caroline didn’t let go of his shirt.

Kirk smiled dotingly. “I won’t go out anymore. Next time, even if there’s a disaster going on, I’ll still stay here.”

“Aren’t you afraid of losing your job?” Caroline mumbled softly.

Kirk bopped Caroline’s nose lightly with a finger. “I’m a sugar baby with a very wealthy sugar mommy taking care of me.”

“You’re a menace.”

Caroline tumed to head upstairs, but Kirk hugged her from behind. “I had Charles contact a professional photography team. Tomorrow night–no, tonight after work, we can meet them and discuss getting our wedding photos taken.”

Caroline wanted to say yes to going, but she suddenly thought of the meeting with Adrian. She frowned. “I might not be able to do it tonight. Can we go tomorrow night?”

“Do you have an appointment arranged?”

“Yes.”

Kirk didn’t ask about it any further. Since Caroline trusted him, he would trust her as well.

“Let’s go. Time for bed.” He picked Caroline up and headed to the second floor.

The next day, Caroline saw Cheryl looking pained by the door the second she entered the office. “What is it? Come in and tell me.”

Caroline tumed on her computer.

415 BONOS Cherd entered the office slow and hesitated toy a moment before saying, Caroline, I was at the lounge at now, and heard Swean say Caroline pained what she was doing and asked Did she really say that?

‘Yes‘ Cheryl couldn’t believe it either.

“What she said is indeed true,” said Caroline, crossing her aims “What else did she Astonished, all Chers could Why Caroline merely smiled at the speechless woman before her. Just as she opened her mouth to speak, Susan barged into the room, buffing and putting like a volcano that was about to empt She pointed at Caroline and yelled, “Caroline, you’re so st How could you take Viv’s design for yourself to join the design contest? This is plagiarism! You’re trying to take away what’s supposed to be hers!”

Behind her, the hypocrite, Vivian, stepped in to say, “Susan, that’s enough. Maybe it’s just a coincidence, Caroline isn’t someone who would do that. After all, she experienced having her designs stolen when she joined other contests in the past She added, “I’m sure she knows full well what it feels like for a design to get plagiarized, So she wouldn’t do something like that.”

“Viv, your design’s been stolen! Why are you still delending her? Susan’s voice was loud, and all the people around them heard everything and gathered around to watch the show.

Nobody had expected a small matter like winning the contest to escalate into something entirely different like this.

“What’s wrong? I remember Caroline once saying that her cousin stole her design. Logically speaking, she wouldn’t do something like that.

“Never judge a book by its cover. Besides, her position in our company isn’t that secure. Maybe she did this to get the fans‘ recognition.”

“Yeah! That’s possible! No matter what her motive was, she shouldn’t have claimed someone else’s work as her own. To think that Viv was kind enough to wish her luck that day. She must think that Caroline’s a jinx.”

Despite all the accusations from those around her, Caroline remained calm and composed. Smiling, she looked at Susan and said, “Are you done?”

Susan was so angry that she was shaking. “Everyone, look at herl How can she smile right now? She’s so shameless!

Caroline stood up from her seat. Slowly, she said, “To be honest, I wanted to tell you people that I didn’t join any contests.”

Susan snorted derisively. “You’ve been caught, so now you’re trying to get off the hook by telling us that you didn’t take part in it.”

“Take it easy. I haven’t finished talking yet.”

The corners of Caroline’s lips tilted upward ever so slightly. “I didn’t join the contest, but they managed to receive my design somehow.

Don’t you lind it strange?”

Her stare was so intent that Susan started to fret. Soon, though, she recalled that the design was sent out through Caroline’s personal email. Hence, she told herself that she had nothing to lear “How am I supposed to know that? Regardless, you stole Viv’s work,” Susan retaliated.

“You’re a thief!”

The smile on Caroline’s lips widened. “You didn’t know, but I did.”

Susan’s and Vivian’s expressions turned to dread when they heard that.

“I went to the security department yesterday to get the surveillance footage for the past few days.

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