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

the

he was done with both her feet did he pat

up,” he said.

sleepy, Caroline tried to toss around, but Kirk

up and have some hot chocolate. I don’t want

don’t want that. I’m tired. I

He coaxed her as if she were a

he helped her up slowly and gingerly so that the ointment on her feet

rub off on the sheets.

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

slid under the sheets and started mumbling again. “I wanna sleep…

come sleep

blanket over her shoulders. Then, he stood up and

to

Kirk returned to the swimming pool. The party had ended long ago, and

that moved was the rippling water under the lights.

pale.

made her heart clench in fear. She had grown up with him, so

the pool after getting

the moonlight only served to emphasize the coldness in his

eyes.

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