“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…”

you doing here?” A husky voice from behind made

around, flustered. “Why are you

out of her

eyes landed on Caroline’s slender collarbone. The urges he’d tried so hard to suppress flared up again, making him frown. “I’m here to

looked away. No

I’m here to find Eddy’s second uncle, answered Caroline,

lifted his eyebrows. “Are you

him a lot, so

in one hand and grabbed the door handle with another. As the panicking Caroline floundered in his embrace, his primal instincts kicked

“Stop.”

She rested her hands

it were a plea. No one was ever nice to her. All she wanted

aback by Caroline’s reaction. “Are you

shook

her tears shone like pearls, adorning her beautiful features. Kirk scooped out one of the tears and asked, “What

like that, Caroline burst into small sobs. Tears overflowed her face. The tough front she’d put up crumbled like paper before Kirk, But who could blame her? She

Kirk didn’t feel any

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

in the face of Kirk’s greedy

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