Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 1178

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But Francis was already gone from the ballroom.

So, Caroline went looking for him, figuring he might be in his room.

That was when... she accidentally walked straight into Eddy and Rebecca White's honeymoon suite!

When Caroline finally came to, she found herself lying next to a man she'd never seen before... In that moment, she felt like her soul had left her body.

Before the man woke up, she scrambled to get dressed and hurried back to her

own room.

She was terrified.

She had no idea how it had happened, but she had a boyfriend, and she couldn't imagine what Francis would do if he ever found out she'd spent the night with a complete stranger...

Would he ever want her again?

Caroline couldn't even begin to process it. All she wanted was to get away.

She left the hotel in a rush, not even saying goodbye to Francis.

She never could have guessed...

later, Francis would tell her that on that same night... he'd ended up with

back to

Francis, voice uncertain. "So... that night, I

out a heavy

point in hiding it

was your business rivals?" Caroline's eyes were red, her pain

barely moving his

to meet with some big shots from MK Capital for a crucial dinner-think steak and red wine at the fanciest steakhouse

to sabotage him, make him miss the meeting,

he didn't show, it'd look like he didn't care about the partnership. He'd lose the deal,

Francis missed the meeting,

his rivals didn't

the

ended up hurting two people who had just gotten

than

very night...

would've cared anyway if

was the whole

heavy. No one said a

brother to Caroline, then quietly turned away. He knew about all

come out, his brother had told him everything in hopes

told him was that the man who'd

understand his brother's

it was because of Francis that Caroline had ended up in that