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.

feet did he pat her cheeks to arouse her from her

he said.

around, but Kirk held her

hot chocolate. I don’t want you

and mumbled, “I don’t want that. I’m tired. I want to

as if she were a young child.

up slowly and gingerly so that the

off on the sheets.

her mouth to take sip after sip

the sheets and started

sleep

her cheek, Kirk pulled the blanket over her shoulders.

“I want to know what happened at the pool

party had ended long ago, and there wasn’t a

rippling water under the lights. Avery stood near Kirk, her

pale.

her heart clench in fear. She had grown up with him, so

were you when Carrie jumped into the pool after getting surrounded

moonlight only served to emphasize

eyes.

and muttered. “I was changing upstairs.”

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

supposed to be noisy.

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