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.

both her feet did he pat her cheeks

up,” he

tried to toss around, but Kirk held her legs together to stop

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

and mumbled, “I don’t want

her as if she were a

hand on her waist, he helped her up slowly and

off on the

groggy. She absentmindedly opened her mouth to take sip after sip of the hot chocolate. She

finishing the drink, she slid under the sheets and started mumbling

come sleep too.”

a kiss on her cheek, Kirk pulled the blanket over her shoulders. Then, he stood up and walked

number and said, “I want to know what happened at the pool party

returned to the swimming pool. The party had ended long ago, and there wasn’t a person in

moved was the rippling water under the lights. Avery stood

pale.

him, so

into the pool after getting surrounded by all those people?”

soft glow of the moonlight only served to

eyes.

muttered. “I was changing

didn’t hear a thing even though

noisy. I didn’t think much about

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