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 a “Yes,” hung up,

the curious glances of those around him and said, ” Recently, Easton’s market has focused

They assumed that Kirk’s gentle side was merely a

left the meeting room, leaving the company’s executives staring blankly at

seeing him leave the office early, and it was needless

were all astonished.

Sean just when

Morrison, guess who I met today?” said

beating around the

to the point and said, “I met your wife! She was

they both attended the auction that day, he had assumed it was because Kirk wanted to participate in the grandest auction in Easton. In the end, they left right after Kirk got the bracelet. He had been wondering to whom Kirk would give the

anything strange about it. The drive back to Caroline’s place was no longer pleasant because his

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

not huge, but it was cozy. There was no TV in the living room; there was a sofa set and

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 tree. His heart skipped a

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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

met, and a chill ran up her

Kirk away. “T–This isn’t in our contract…” She stuttered so much that she

But if we were in public and you had pushed me away as you did

to reply. “So you’re saying you were

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.