Bogus Billionaire By Shining Riviera

Chapter 43

“K–Kirk? What are you doing here?”

Kirk calmly pointed at a private dining room nearby. “I was supposed to meet a business partner, but he wasn’t able to come today. I saw you when you came in, so I figured I’d drop by and say hi.

Caroline let out a sigh of relief. For a second there, she’d actually thought that Kirk was Eddy’s

second uncle! What a relief!

She’d barely regained her composure when her phone started ringing. She almost pounced on the

table to answer the call.

“Carrie.” Jude’s voice greeted her. “Your second uncle gave me a call just now. Something came up, and he won’t be able to meet you today. He asked me to apologize to you on his behalf, but he

promised to buy you a meal later to make up for it.

Caroline quickly glanced at Kirk, who was standing outside the door. Compared to before, her gaze

Kad turned dull. Tightly gripping her phone, she forced a smile as she said, “It’s alright. Thanks,

Grandpa!”

she hung up the

left

sight of Caroline’s reaction made Kirk

completely defeated. The anticipation that

nothing. “It looks like we’re victims of the

a step forward. “You seem… quite excited to meet that

appeared on Caroline’s face at the mention of Eddy’s second uncle. “Out of

him. But yeah, he’s the smartest person that I know

when he saw the admiration

what you

him. He covered his mouth and coughed. “What I meant to say is that there’s always more than meets the eye when it comes to

he really is incredible,” replied

he’d taken over the company, Eddy’s second uncle had been able to turn it into the largest group

She just wanted to learn a thing or

brows furrowed Caroline was clearly praising him, but for some reason, he

uncomfortable about it

“Let’s order”

“Sure.”

flew by, and Jude’s