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

did he pat

he said.

but Kirk held her

have some hot chocolate.

don’t want that. I’m tired. I

if she

slowly and gingerly so that the ointment on her

rub off on the sheets.

absentmindedly opened her mouth to take sip after sip of the hot chocolate.

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

come sleep too.”

the blanket over her shoulders. Then, he stood up and walked

number and said, “I want to know what

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

was the rippling water under the lights. Avery stood near Kirk,

pale.

up with him, so she knew just how terrifying

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

the moonlight only served to emphasize

eyes.

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