Sean could feel a migraine forming the moment he saw Mia. He couldn't have cared less if it hadn't been for the fact that she was just 18 years old and unfamiliar with this place. This was her first time traveling abroad, too. He heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Gwen's expression was her usual one. Standing behind her, he wrapped a hand around her waist and said, "Morning." Gwen stiffened and glanced at his hand around her hip. The corners of her lips tilted up into a smile. Mia noticed this and understood what it implied. But she chose to pretend as if she didn't see it and simply smile at Gwen. "Gwen, do you know how to skate?""Yes, why?" "I'm not good at skating," Mia muttered. "Can you teach me?" She had always asked Sean for help, but this time, she decided to ask Gwen instead.Gwen's instincts told her that Mia was scheming something. "I don't—""If you're not free, can you let Sean teach me?" Mia stared at Gwen with puppy-dog eyes, rendering her speechless
"What happened?" Caroline dashed across the rink toward Gwen, who looked as if she had just seen a ghost. "I—I don't know," said Gwen. "I held her arm to support her while teaching her how to skate just now. But she fell backward all of a sudden." She went to check on Mia as she spoke. "Are you okay?"Mia placed a hand on the back of her head and glanced down at it to see it stained red with blood. Despite that, she smiled when she glanced around at the crowd. "I'm fine, Gwen. I know you didn't do it on purpose." Gwen paled immediately at her words. Out of his obligation as a doctor, Sean rushed over and crouched beside Mia to inspect her wound. "You have to go to the hospital. Now," he said sternly when he saw that the back of her head was matted with blood. His expression changed in an instant. Gwen started to speak. She wanted to explain herself to Sean and say that she didn't know how this happened. But he was already busy calling for the guards and ordering
"Mom, let's not talk about it anymore. Let's go," said Mia. Her eyes were fixed on Gwen the entire time. Soon, the hostel owner noticed this and glanced curiously in Gwen's direction. Sensing nothing off about Gwen, she shot Mia's stepfather a look. "Honey, go and settle the bill, will you?""Okay," he said, leaving. Then, the hostel owner turned to look at Sean. "All of you brought my daughter here, right? Thank you so much.""It was what we should do," said Sean politely.After chatting with them for a bit, the woman pushed Mia's wheelchair to the elevator. The ordeal ended so quickly that Gwen felt as though it wasn't real. "Let's head back," Sean grabbed her hand and said. She smiled at him in return. Just then, the hostel owner rushed back, clearly angry. Her face was red with rage when she roared at Gwen, "Mia told me that you pushed her on purpose to make her fall! Is it true?" Gwen froze, shocked at the sudden change of events. "No, I didn't!" "My daughter would
Caroline was heading straight for the skating rink, but her footsteps faltered when she saw the woman's face. She was one of the women who had been in the quarrel that had broken out on Caroline's first day in Macovo. When Caroline walked past her, the woman pushed herself up from the ground. However, she almost lost her footing and fell. Caroline subconsciously reached out to help the woman. The overwhelming scent of alcohol invaded Caroline's senses, making her frown. She tried speaking in Macovian to tell the woman that she was drunk, yet the woman merely narrowed her eyes at Caroline. The corner of her lips turned up into a smile, and she said back in Mavocian, "I'm not drunk."She spoke clearly, as though she truly wasn't as drunk as she seemed. "Do you want me to ask the staff to send you back to your room?" "No! I don't want you to leave!" The woman wailed as she pulled Caroline into a hug, startling her. The woman was tall and had a better physique than Carolin
"They will use all means to make dumb women fall into their traps. They will hide themselves deep behind their masks by appearing to be very gentlemanly. "They will never get mad at us and will always have our backs and support us. From time to time, they might even give us a pleasant surprise."Caroline listened expressionlessly as Dolly talked, but she started fretting inside. Everything Dolly described reminded her of Kirk. "I was a fool to believe I had actually met my true love," Dolly continued. "I trusted him wholeheartedly and helped him cover up anything fishy about him. It was all because I thought he would never lie to me."At this moment, Caroline's heart was already thumping hard against her ribcage. She tried her best to recall what Kirk's answer had been when she had asked him if he would ever lie to her.Unfortunately for her, she couldn't remember it at all. "It was only until I followed him back here that I realized that he was married already and even had
Caroline dragged her tired body over to the door of the presidential suite. Looking at the door before her, she couldn't summon the courage to push it open, even after a long time. Dolly's words, the pictures that strange woman had sent a few days ago, the suspicious aspects of Kirk's identity from before—they all floated to the surface, clogging her mind. She found it hard to breathe.Everything about Kirk suddenly became a complicated mystery. Who was he? Was that woman really his wife? Did he really have two wives?Caroline supported herself on the wood of the door and slowly sat down. Memories rushed up in her mind like waves. Weakly, her hands clenched into fists.She wanted to rush in there, shake Kirk, and get a clear explanation from him. But she had no energy to do so at all. After sitting at the door for a long time, she finally regained some strength and took out the access card. When the door opened, Caroline went inside and found Kirk on the bed, already sleeping de
In Sean's room, Gwen and Sean were about to leave when they saw Kirk coming over with some medication. Gwen asked anxiously, "Is Caroline sick?"Kirk nodded and handed the booklet of instructions that came with the medication to Sean. "Have a look and see if this medicine has any side effects."Sean looked through it and answered, "There won't be any side effects. You can give it to her without any worries." After that, he asked, "How did she get sick?""I don't know." Kirk frowned. "The Macovian doctor said that Caroline might just not be used to it here."Sean replied, "I'll go have a look at her."The three of them headed back to Kirk's room. Caroline couldn't close her eyes in time and watched as the trio came inside. But her gaze quickly fell on Gwen as she did her best to ignore Kirk's presence."Carol …" Gwen looked over at Caroline in worry. "Do you feel really bad?"Caroline shook her head. The discomfort from her sickness was nothing compared to the agony in
Kirk was violently taken aback.His first thought was that his identity had been exposed. But soon, he calmed down again and thought carefully about the people Caroline had come into contact with. He didn't recall anyone giving anything away.As Kirk fell deep into thought, Caroline watched him carefully. Seeing that he didn't answer after a long time, her heart fell. She closed her eyes again and said, "I'm so tired. I want to sleep for a while."She didn't dare to hear Kirk's answer. She had always believed that Kirk wouldn't lie to her. Her conviction on this had never wavered. But now, her confidence was destroyed.The trust that she had had in him seemed like a joke now."Darling …""Let's go back to Easton tomorrow." Caroline turned over, facing her back to Kirk. Kirk froze for a bit, his brain lagging for a few seconds. He had already made preparations to tell Caroline about his connection to the Morrison family. But he hadn't expected that Caroline would react this