Seeing this, Kirk took some tissues to wipe Caroline's tears. As he did, he coaxed, "Why are you crying, my dear little crybaby?"Caroline's eyes were still red, but she retorted, "I'm not crying. I just got dust in my eye."Kirk looked around the room. "All right, whatever you say. But darling, can you finish the spaghetti arrabbiata I made?"Caroline smiled tearfully at his words, biting her lip. "Okay."After their dinner, Kirk and Caroline watched TV downstairs. No one talked during this time. At 11:00 pm, Caroline got up and went upstairs. After a moment, she said to Kirk, "Kirk …""Yeah?""I'll always be with you, no matter how difficult things become." Although there was nothing usual about her words, she seemed to be making an oath.Kirk looked at her gently. Her reassuring words immediately put him at ease. "Okay, you should get some rest."Caroline nodded and went upstairs to rest.When the door closed, Kirk immediately dropped his smile. He took out his phone and
Kirk had been to Jude's house before, so he didn't need a GPS to get there. He simply drove all the way to the gates of Morrison Manor. As soon as he got out of the car, someone immediately stepped forward to stop him. But after seeing that the visitor was Kirk, the guard stepped back and nodded respectfully. "Hello, Mr. Kirk."Kirk didn't even spare him a glance as he strode through the yard and into the living room.Eddy had already heard the noises outside, so he walked toward the door. "Uncle Kirk—"As soon as he opened his mouth, Kirk punched him in the face. Eddy let out a howl of pain. He was about to ask what happened when Kirk landed a second punch on his eye.Eddy immediately covered his eyes in pain. He yelled, "Are you crazy, Uncle Kirk? I'm your nephew!"As soon as he finished talking, Kirk landed another punch. This blow was much harder than his previous ones.Eddy gasped in pain, "Uncle Kirk! Please stop! Don't think that you can discipline me like this because
The next day, Charles had just arrived at the office when several cleaners stopped him. "Mr. Lane!" "What's wrong?" Charles asked, halting in his footsteps. Noticing the tools in her hands, he couldn't help but wonder aloud, "Aren't you guys done with the cleaning? It's late." "The boss is in there. We don't have the guts to head in." "He's in there?" Charles asked in disbelief. A situation like this had been all too common when they had been back in Sarcozia. But it had been a rare occurrence after Kirk had married Caroline. The only exception was when everybody had to work overtime. "Yeah. I heard from the guards that he returned here alone last night and stayed the night," explained the cleaner. "What's more, it seems like he injured his face." Charles' heart leaped into his throat. Did Kirk and Caroline get into a fight again?Charles gingerly opened the door and saw Kirk lying on the couch with his eyes closed. He squinted to see more clearly and noticed seve
"Don't tell me that she promised Eddy to divorce you so that she can marry him!" Sean snapped his eyes up to look at Kirk, who still had his eyes closed. "No. She told me that she would stay with me no matter what. I don't think she's thinking of leaving me." "What are you worrying about then?" asked Sean. Everything was fine as long as Caroline didn't make a reckless decision regarding this.Sitting up from the couch, Kirk stared directly into Sean's eyes. "Do you think she'll feel okay after what has happened?" Kirk's voice was so icy that it rendered Sean speechless. Indeed, as long as Caroline wasn't rid of that thorn in her side, she could never feel at ease, even if she stayed by Kirk's side. "I've contacted some psychologists in Macldo. They'll arrive soon." Sean couldn't utter any words of comfort. All he could do was ask the team of psychologists to come here as soon as possible. "Thanks," said Kirk. "No worries. We're bros, after all," said Sean as he helped
After hanging up, Caroline played Gwen's super long voice message. It started with Gwen guffawing. "Carol, do you know who I bumped into when I went to visit my mom at the hospital just now? I met Eddy!""He's wrapped in bandages like a mummy!" she exclaimed. "The doctors and nurses said that one of the elders in the Morrison family beat him up!" "This is karma at its best!" Gwen laughed and added, "Just who was the person who did this to him?" Caroline didn't respond. She just listened quietly to Gwen. Perhaps it was because Jude had taken a bullet for her that she didn't find any of this funny. Although she disliked Eddy and his family, he was Jude's grandson. Gwen abruptly noticed that Caroline's status remained "typing …" for quite some time. Gingerly, she messaged Caroline again. "Carol, I shouldn't have said that, right?"When Caroline saw the message, she froze momentarily before smiling wryly at the screen to reply. "Nope. It's my problem." "What's wrong?"
"Okay. Let's meet at Mayflower Square then?" asked Caroline."Alright," Sean replied. "I'll head there right away." Now that Sean had agreed to it, Caroline got ready to head out. Edith noticed this and asked, "Madam, where are you going?""Shopping." "Where?" The question made Caroline frown a little. "Mayflower Square. What's the matter?""It's nothing," said Edith. "I just wanted to know if I could tag along."The suspicion in Caroline's eyes vanished upon hearing that. "Where do you want to go? I can take you along with me." "Never mind. We're not headed in the same direction," Edith said. "I'll take the bus there.""Okay then. Take care. I'm leaving.""You too, madam." After seeing Caroline off, Edith hurried to message Kirk and inform him of Caroline's whereabouts. After Caroline picked up Gwen, they both headed straight to Mayflower Square. On the way, though, they got stuck in a traffic jam. "You must be kidding me!" Gwen exclaimed as she poked her head
Gwen tried to stop herself from giving it away, but Caroline still noticed that something was wrong with her. "What's wrong? Why aren't you talking?" Caroline asked and turned to follow Gwen's gaze. Gwen thought of raising her hands to block Caroline's view, but it was all too late. The latter's foot hit the brakes, causing the car to come to an abrupt halt. "Carol," said Gwen as she looked at Caroline's startled expression. "Don't get mad yet. Maybe he has his reasons for doing this." She turned to look in Kirk's direction once again, but he had gotten into a car. "Let's tail him and see where he's headed. We shouldn't let history repeat itself and misunderstand him again," Gwen pouted all while tugging at Caroline's sleeve. For a moment, Caroline pursed her lips in silence. "No matter what he does later on, I'll beat him up when we catch him red-handed, and you can't stop me by then!" "I won't! I won't!" Gwen said in haste, worried about Caroline's condition. "Let me
"Kirk, where are you now?" Sean asked. Stopping in his tracks, Kirk glanced up at the building before him and said in a lowered voice, "The old villa."The word "villa" was all it took for Sean to know exactly where Kirk was.It was the place Kirk had purchased right after coming back to Easton to settle the urgent matter regarding Caroline. After being captured, Howard had also been sent to the old villa. Hence, Kirk had probably gone back there to see Howard. Figuring this out, Sean quickly told him, "Don't go and see Howard. Caroline, Gwen, and I were supposed to meet at Mayflower Square, but she changed routes on her way here."Sean continued, "She isn't here yet. I'm afraid that something happened to her." "What?" Kirk already had a hand on the doorknob, but he turned around right after hearing Sean's words. He was about to tell Sean something when he heard the guard's voice. "Missus, I've told you that this is an old residential area," said the guard. "No one com