“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…”

husky voice from behind made

flustered. “Why are

out of

Caroline’s slender collarbone. The urges he’d tried so hard to suppress flared

looked away.

find Eddy’s second uncle, answered Caroline, visibly

lifted his eyebrows. “Are you into

him

distance between them, He held Caroline’s waist in one hand and grabbed the door handle with another. As the panicking Caroline floundered

“Stop.”

seized Caroline’s being. She rested her hands on Kirk’s chest

were a plea. No one was

was taken aback by Caroline’s reaction. “Are you

shook

lifted Caroline’s face with his fingers. Under the glow of the light, her tears shone like pearls, adorning her beautiful features. Kirk scooped out one of the tears and asked, “What

paper before Kirk, But who could blame her? She was so young–hardly 20 years old. She could face death bravely, but that didn’t mean

Caroline, Kirk didn’t feel

up, and instead, he leaned in

of Kirk’s greedy and unrelenting kisses. Caroline was too powerless to resist

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