Bogus Billionaire By Shining Riviera

Chapter 41

Caroline’s eyes fluttered open to see Kirk smirking at her. “What are you doing?” he asked, amused.

Immediately, her face flushed red. “N–nothing!”

“But you closed your eyes just now-”

“I was… I just couldn’t make myself look at the tie.” In her haste, she told him the first excuse she could come up with. She looked around the spot she was standing in, trying to think of a way to get out of this predicament.

Suddenly, the painting he’d given her popped into her mind, and she mumbled, “I–I have to keep the painting somewhere… I’m going back to my room.” With that, she darted out of the dining room and into her room, closing the door with a bang.

Kirk watched her the entire time. As he stared at the closed door of her bedroom, the smile in his eyes faded and was replaced with his usual icy look.

He’d almost lost control of himself… and he’d never done that in front of a woman before!

Maybe Sean was right. Maybe he did like Caroline a bit. But that didn’t mean that it was love!

hid, as if she could delude herself into thinking that her racing heart said nothing about what she’d felt back

when she recalled what had happened and immediately felt the urge to dig a hole

if

Right! Bewitched!

handsome! She definitely wasn’t in love with him!

of her skin. She glanced at the

Gwen.

scared me! Why are you even calling me at this

I call you now? Don’t tell me that you were doing

her mouth. Her mind replayed the scene where she was tying

sound very

Say another word, and I’ll head over to beat your ass.” Caroline buried herself deeper into the depths of her blankets. “Why are

who knows me best!”

“Why?”

the line. “When I switched on my phone

thought that it was the Collins family trying to get positive publicity, but when I clicked the notifications, the news was all about Brie and her people

appeared out of nowhere at that time. “Weren’t those reporters hired