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 ointment.

he was done with both her feet did he pat her cheeks

he said.

Caroline tried to toss around, but Kirk held her legs

chocolate. I don’t want

pouted and mumbled, “I don’t want that. I’m tired. I want to sleep.”

as if she were

helped her up slowly and gingerly so that the

off on

was sitting up now, her mind was still groggy. She absentmindedly opened her mouth to take sip after sip of the hot chocolate. She looked very much like

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

sleep

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

number and said, “I want to

The party had ended long ago, and there wasn’t a person in

water under the lights. Avery

pale.

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

Carrie jumped into the pool after

moonlight only served

eyes.

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