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.”

voice lingered, and the words plucked at her heartstrings. Caroline muttered a “Yes,” hung up, and

him and said, ” Recently, Easton’s market has focused on cosmetics. Do any of

assumed

We’re done for today.” Kirk rose from his seat, grabbed his phone and documents, and left the meeting room, leaving the company’s executives staring blankly at each other in confusion. These people were all transferred

for Kirk for more than ten years. This was their first time seeing him leave the office early,

were all astonished.

from Sean just when he reached the parking lot

guess who I met today?” said

around

about to end the call, Sean cut straight to the point and said, “I met your wife! She was at the jewelry store in the city center. She must’ve gone there to

wanted to participate in the grandest auction in Easton. In the end, they left right after Kirk got the bracelet. He

and could not remember anything strange about it. The drive back to Caroline’s place was no longer pleasant because his thoughts were now

face when she saw Kirk at the door.” You’re here.” She took a pair of slippers from the cupboard for him and turned to the

looked at Caroline’s figure in the kitchen and 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

printed on it. Her face

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a strand of hair off her face. His hand was 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

a chill ran up her

to reality. Still breathless, she pushed Kirk away. “T–This isn’t in our contract…” She stuttered so much that she

the sight of the blushing young woman before him. He licked his lips and said, “Yep, it isn’t. But if we were in public and you had pushed me away as you did just now, others would start to doubt our relationship as man and

Caroline took a second to reply. “So you’re saying you were

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

come.