Bogus Billionaire By Shining Riviera

Chapter 18

Once again, Gwen’s imagination rendered Caroline speechless. “If he truly is some rich man’s son, why would he marry me so quickly?”

Gwen scratched her head, searching for an answer that never came to her. Caroline smiled, amused. “Fine. I’ll ask him about it when I go back home. Then we’ll get our answer.”

“Oh, right,” Gwen said, beaming.

After the two of them said goodbye, Caroline gave Kirk a call. “Let’s have dinner together tonight.” Even though they were married, they stayed in their respective homes. Strictly speaking, they had never even had lunch or dinner together. “Sure,” Kirk replied, the corner of his lips already tilting upward in a smile.

“Well then, come to my house. What do you want for dinner? I’ll go buy the ingredients to make it.”

“Just cook something you like.”

Eddy’s face suddenly popped into her mind. Whenever she made dinner for him over the past eight years, he would always list out the dishes that he wanted. He never asked her about the food she liked. It was as if she never had a favorite food.

“Alright,” Caroline replied. Although the sun had set, signaling the end of the day, her voice was bright and cheery.

Affected by her spirit, Kirk said in a soft voice, “Wait for me

…

to come home.”

words plucked at her heartstrings. Caroline muttered

as usual. He ignored the curious glances of those around him and said, ” Recently, Easton’s market has focused on cosmetics. Do any of you have anything

unison. They assumed that Kirk’s gentle side was merely

room, leaving the company’s executives staring blankly at each other

ten years. This was their first time seeing him leave the office

were all astonished.

received a call from Sean just when he reached the

who I met today?” said

around

point and said, “I met your wife! She

the bracelet. He had been wondering to whom Kirk would give the bracelet before he chanced upon the latter driving to the hospital. The eagerness on his face then made Sean suspicious about Kirk and Caroline’s relationship.

with Caroline not long ago and could not remember anything strange about it. The

with her apron still on. A smile spread across her face when she saw Kirk at the door.” You’re here.”

then glanced around the house. It was not huge, but it was cozy. There was no TV in the living room; there was a sofa set and table. A pot of spider plant stood in one corner of the room. It was simple

Caroline walked out of the kitchen, carrying the soup pot with her. Kirk’s gaze fell on her. She was wearing an apron with a teddy bear printed on it. Her face was red, even without makeup, and she looked like a ripe apple ready to be plucked from the

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rough, and both of them shuddered from the spark of static when he touched her. Kirk froze, and after a moment, he let his hand slide slowly down to her soft lips. Now, it was Caroline’s turn to freeze. She thought her heart would jump out of her ribcage very soon. Kirk had his eyes locked intently on her glossy lips, and, as if they were inviting him, he leaned over and gently pressed his lips

lips met, and a chill ran up

back to reality. Still breathless, she pushed Kirk away. “T–This isn’t in our

blushing young woman before him. He licked his lips and said, “Yep, it isn’t. But if we were

to reply. “So you’re saying you were

be meeting my family next month. You don’t want to blow our cover, right?” After knowing that Kirk was married, Jude had started asking him to bring her home to meet her and never ceased urging him to do so. He never expected

come.