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.”

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

up, Kirk’s expression turned cold and unreadable as usual. He ignored the curious glances of those around him and said, ” Recently,

their heads in unison. They assumed that Kirk’s gentle side

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

was their first time seeing him leave

were all astonished.

call from Sean just

guess who I met today?” said

beating around the

your wife! She was at the jewelry store in the city center. She must’ve gone there to appraise the bracelet

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 bracelet before he chanced upon the latter driving to the hospital. The eagerness on his face then

long ago and could not remember anything strange about it. The drive back to Caroline’s place was no

at the door.”

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

with a teddy bear printed on it. Her face was red, even without makeup, and she looked like a

1/2

slowly down to her soft lips. Now, it was Caroline’s

met, and a chill ran up her

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

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

“So you’re saying you were testing

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 this

come.