“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…”

A husky voice from

around, flustered.

of her

urges he’d tried so hard to suppress flared up again, making him frown. “I’m here to help

away. No

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

Kirk lifted his eyebrows. “Are you

him a lot, so

Caroline’s waist in one hand and grabbed the door handle with another. As the panicking Caroline floundered in his embrace,

“Stop.”

mint–scented warning seized Caroline’s being. She rested

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

taken aback by Caroline’s reaction.

shook her

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

small sobs. Tears overflowed her face. The tough front she’d put up crumbled like 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

didn’t

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

to no avail in the face of Kirk’s greedy and unrelenting kisses. Caroline was too powerless to resist his advance. All she could do was

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