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

apply the

was done with both her feet did he

he

but Kirk held her legs together to stop her.

good. Get 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 young child.

one hand on her waist, he helped her up slowly and gingerly so that

off on the

opened her mouth to take sip after sip

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

sleep too.”

her shoulders. Then, he stood up and walked out

number and said, “I want to know what

the swimming pool. The party

thing that moved was the rippling water under the lights. Avery stood near

pale.

heart clench in fear. She had grown up with him, so she knew just how terrifying he could be at times like

into the pool after getting surrounded by all those people?”

The soft glow of the moonlight only served to emphasize the coldness in his

eyes.

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