Chapter 137

Kirk’s heart missed a beat. One of his hands was still placed against the door as he asked, “What happened?”

Henry then briefed him about what had happened before.

Kirk fell silent afterward, unsettling Henry. “Mr. Kirk, did I do something wrong?”

“You’ve done a good job.” Kirk assured Henry, despite the gloom in his eyes.

“You’ll be the new owner of this hotel starting–tomorrow.”

Henry’s eyes turned as wide as saucers when he heard that. He stared in a daze at the closed door before him, flabbergasted.

He was merely one of the staff there. How did he just turn into its boss all of a sudden?

In the room, Kirk carefully took off Caroline’s shoes. Once her feet were bare, he finally saw the

cuts and blisters on the bottom of her feet. His eyes widened in shock.

After taking out the bottle of ointment from the bag that Henry gave him, he started to slowly and

gently apply the ointment.

was done with both her feet did he pat her cheeks to arouse

up,” he

toss around, but Kirk

up and have some hot chocolate. I don’t want you to

and mumbled, “I don’t want that.

on.” He coaxed her as if she were

helped her up slowly and gingerly so that the ointment on her

on

her mouth to take sip after sip of the hot chocolate. She looked very much like

slid under the sheets and started mumbling

sleep

her cheek, Kirk pulled the blanket over her shoulders. Then,

dialed Charles‘ number and said, “I want to know what happened

Kirk returned to the swimming pool. The party had ended long ago, and

was the rippling water under the lights. Avery

pale.

her heart clench in fear. She had grown up with him, so she knew just how terrifying he could be at

jumped into the pool after getting surrounded by all those

glow of the moonlight only served to emphasize the coldness

eyes.

muttered. “I was

that you didn’t hear a thing even though something like

be noisy. I didn’t think much

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