“He’s in the lounge now. Would you like to meet him?” asked Simon.

“It’s only right for me to thank him in person. Can you show me the way?”

“Of course.”

Simon dropped what he was working on and ushered Caroline to the lounge.

On the way there, Caroline couldn’t hold back her racing heart. She was about to meet the mysterious business tycoon. In an attempt to

calm down, she rubbed her temples.

“We are here,” said Simon after a few minutes of walking. He then turned to Caroline and said, “I shall take my leave now.”

Caroline nodded. After Simon disappeared, she knocked on the door. She did it a few more times, but only silence answered her.

Meekly, Caroline uttered, “Hi there, Mr. Morrison. I’m Caroline. I invited you to dinner last time, but you couldn’t come. If it weren’t for your

help today. I…”

A husky voice from behind made

flustered. “Why are you

out of

eyes landed on Caroline’s slender collarbone. The urges he’d tried so hard to suppress flared up again, making

looked away. No

to find Eddy’s second uncle, answered

lifted his eyebrows.

by Kirk’s mocking tone, Caroline retorted, “I respect him a lot,

Kirk closed the distance between them, He held Caroline’s waist in one hand and grabbed the door handle with another. As the panicking

“Stop.”

warning seized Caroline’s being. She rested

Kirk.” Caroline’s voice broke, as if it were a plea. No one was ever nice to her.

was taken aback by

Caroline shook her

like pearls, adorning her beautiful features. Kirk scooped out one of the

But who could blame her? She was so young–hardly 20 years old. She could

Caroline, Kirk didn’t feel

wipe away the tears, but they wouldn’t stop appearing. He gave up, and instead, he leaned in and kissed Caroline. That did the

she tried to protest, but to no avail in the face of Kirk’s greedy and unrelenting kisses. Caroline was too powerless to resist his advance. All she could

then twisted the door handle, but Caroline immediately stopped him in

inside,” uttered Caroline. Eddy’s second

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