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,” hung up, and went straight to

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

They assumed

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

seeing him leave the office early, and

were all astonished.

Sean just when he

guess who I

around

Kirk was about to end the call, Sean cut straight to the point and said, “I met your wife!

got the bracelet. He had been wondering

recalled his conversation with Caroline not long ago and could not remember anything

still on. A smile spread across her face when she saw Kirk at the door.” You’re here.” She took a pair of slippers from the cupboard for

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

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 tree. His heart skipped

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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

and a

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

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

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

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

come.