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.”

and the words plucked at her heartstrings. Caroline muttered a “Yes,”

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

They assumed that Kirk’s gentle side was merely a fleeting

left the meeting room, leaving the company’s executives staring blankly at each other in confusion. These people were all transferred back from overseas

seeing him leave the office

were all astonished.

from Sean just when he reached the parking

I

beating around the

the call, Sean cut straight to the point and said, “I met your wife! She was at the jewelry store

in Easton. In the end, they left right after Kirk got 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. Were they really just partners

not long ago and could not remember anything strange about it.

Kirk at the door.” You’re here.” She took a pair of slippers from the cupboard for him and turned to 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 of spider plant stood in one corner of the room.

her. She was wearing an apron with a teddy bear printed on it. Her face was red, even without makeup, and she

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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

a chill ran up

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

himself heat up at 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

“So you’re saying you were testing my reflexes just

married, Jude had started asking him to bring

come.