Bogus Billionaire By Shining Riviera

“Is something wrong?” Kirk looked at her.

Caroline’s red lips parted. She was unsure how to explain but was afraid he would overthink things. “No. Let’s go.”

It had to be done sooner or later.

On the way over, she received a call from Eddy.

Upon seeing the flashing screen, Caroline’s expression froze. She was reminded of how she’d behaved in the past eight years—she used to be the one who called Eddy, asking about his day. But Eddy had never called her.

She wouldn’t have received an ounce of concern even if she were in the hospital undergoing surgery. But now, Eddy was calling Caroline for Layla’s sake.

There was no way Caroline could compare to Layla.

“Aren’t you going to take that?” Kirk looked out of the window. He had been resting his eyes.

Caroline looked at his perfect face. Although she couldn’t see his expression, she felt like he was annoyed.

She hesitated for a moment before finally picking up.

Before she could even speak, Eddy’s angry voice came from the speaker. “Caroline! Get the fuck to the hospital now! Do you know how many specialists are waiting? Do you know how bad Layla feels? How can you be so selfish? I’ve already agreed to fucking marry you. What else do you fucking want?”

Caroline smiled bitterly. Although she knew that Eddy didn’t like her, she never would have known how lowly he thought of her.

If that was the case …

“Don’t you know what I want?” Caroline’s gaze grew cold. “I want your love. Can you give it to me?”

woman like you! Get your ass here now, Caroline, and

up. She felt like even her

Then, she hung up.

first time she

not to have to

the other end of the call,

only wanted to marry him. How

was becoming more and more absurd. She wanted to fake a marriage to negotiate with

How scary she was!

…

up, the

who was looking out the window in annoyance, massaged his temples. The call had been too loud. He could hear everything without trying. On top of that, the man sounded familiar. He’d heard

no wonder that you don’t like men,” he said, his charming voice

her head and tried to hold back her sobs. She said, gnashing her teeth,

not object. He merely

gripped the steering wheel hard, and her knuckles were white. She was outraged. But despite that, her crystal eyes were determined, as if she had risen from the dead. She looked unafraid of what life could throw at her and was ready to break free

stirred in Kirk’s

Caroline stopped sobbing.

look into her eyes. “I don’t

swapped seats and went straight to Caroline’s home without sharing a word between

her emotions. She looked at herself in the rearview mirror. Her eyes were red and swollen, and her lips looked pale and bloodless. Her skin was already fair to begin with, and she looked like a broken porcelain

some eyeshadow and lipstick and inspected herself before turning to

a different person with makeup on. Her beautiful eyes were bright, full of calmness and gentleness. Her lips

wrong? Is there a problem?” Caroline looked into the mirror

smirking. “I didn’t think you would look

couldn’t be bothered to argue with him and anxiously looked at

her own home like she was walking to her execution and raised an eyebrow. Then, he followed behind her in

the door open and looked into the