Bogus Billionaire By Shining Riviera

Chapter 56

Caroline held onto Kirk’s collar. Her eyes were still misty.

Kirk was annoyed by Eddy’s interruption. However, he had no choice but to suppress his anger. He got up, tidied his shirt, and went out.

Caroline couldn’t hear what he said to Eddy, but after a short while, she could hear footsteps leaving.

She got the hint right away. Kirk was buying her time so that she could leave. Hastily, she made herself presentable. She opened the door slightly to make sure no one was in the corridor. Then, she made a beeline to the bathroom.

Inside the toilet cubicle, Caroline took out her mirror to fix her makeup. From her reflection, she saw a woman with a rosy cheek and hazy eyes, blossoming like a rose. The heat returned to Caroline’s cheeks, and she could feel Kirk’s tantalizing breath on her ears.

Caroline took a deep breath to calm herself. Just as she was about to get out of the cubicle and check on Kirk, she heard her mother’s voice.

“Thank you so much for that idea, Layla. Once Caroline marries Eddy, I won’t forget you.”

“You’re welcome, Aunt Sarah.”

Layla’s sickeningly sweet voice stabbed Caroline’s heart. She had to clench her fists to stop making any noise.

“I’ll ask Caroline to hurry up and announce the wedding soon. Come back once you fix your makeup. Don’t miss out, continued Sarah.

“Okay.”

Silence fell over the bathroom. Except for the screeching of a wheelchair. Caroline’s hands trembled with fury. She couldn’t hold it any longer. She pushed open the cubicle door and saw Layla, whose face turned white.

“Caroline …”

slap!

Caroline had slapped Layla. Layla’s face swelled up almost immediately.

“Caroline, you crazy bitch!” Layla stood up from her wheelchair and waved her arms around hysterically.

Not one to back down easily, Caroline shoved Layla. The force of which was so great that it sent Layla and her wheelchair tumbling.

Lying on the floor, Layla held a hand over the bruise on her forehead. She turned to Caroline, saying, “Caroline, you’re crazy. Is this how a daughter of the Evans family behaves?”

“I’m crazy because of you.” Caroline’s eyes turned red. “I tolerated you, but you took it for granted. Tell me–my parents threatened me with their lives. Was it your idea?”

Layla gave a sly grin. “Is there a problem?”

It had indeed been her idea. She’d persuaded Sarah and Dan to guilt–trip Caroline with their lives, all so that Caroline would marry Eddy.

If Caroline wanted anyone to blame, she could blame Eddy’s second uncle for it. He’d said he’d find her a kidney donor abroad. On top of that, he’d asked Sean to oversee this matter–the one man Layla hated to see.

Hence, Layla had taken it upon herself to make Caroline marry Eddy before Sean could find a donor. That way, Caroline could die in the surgery, and her death would put everything to an end.

Caroline pulled Layla’s hair so forcefully that her knuckles turned white. Yet the searing pain did nothing to curb Layla’s smugness.

“Even if you know it was my idea, it won’t change anything. Can you defy your parents? Will you let your parents die before you? Can you live with that kind of guilt? Ah-”

Caroline pulled even harder, almost tearing Layla’s scalp.

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Caroline’s furious glare sent chills down Layla’s spine. For the very first time, Layla saw so much hatred in someone’s eyes. It was so overwhelming that it could kill someone.

“Caroline, what are you doing?”

Caroline laughed and let go of Layla’s hair slowly. “You want me to marry Eddy, don’t you? All right then. I’ll tell everyone about it now. And I’ll say that you’re my bridesmaid. You’ll bear witness to my becoming Eddy’s rightful spouse.

You swore that oath in front of everyone.

on the floor, she

ignored Layla’s insult and left. She walked along the corridor until she’d finally reached a quiet

tough facade of hers cracked. She slumped against the glass wall. The glistening surface reflected a defeated woman. Her eyes were scarlet, and her hair was disheveled. Soon, the image became blurry, like fogged–up glasses. The light turned dim,

They only wanted her to be Eddy’s

one of the doors opened. Light escaped from the gap in the door. Caroline lifted her head out of reflex, and her presence

of Caroline’s eyes. This was the second time he saw a teary–faced Caroline today. Caroline wiped her tears away. She didn’t want Kirk to be worried. She wanted him

that she’d let Kirk find out about her engagement with Eddy through the news. However, that seemed a

lie. “Before you do anything, can I show you

to give it to her a few days ago, but he hadn’t known how to bring

dared to give him the cold shoulder. Everyone was eager to get on his good side. Kirk also regretted what he said to Sean the other

cried twice today, and Kirk just

me what?” asked Caroline, piqued. Something

grabbed her hands gently and led her back to the lounge. Caroline’s heart was pounding.

couch and retrieved a red bag from a locked

…?” Caroline was

it,” Kirk said as he knelt next to Caroline. His eyes glimmered

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by his words, Caroline opened the bag. Instantly, she saw a property deed inside.

she quickly read

in Hectafleur, the same neighborhood of villas

visited

Caroline shot upright. “You actually bought it? How much did you

He rubbed circles on the back of Caroline’s hand. “Didn’t you

if I like it, you can’t spend money like it’s nothing. Every aspect of marrying and

have a married

words sounded great to Kirk. It was completely different from the other day. It had upset him when Caroline had said that

only contractually married.

said incoherently, “I–I

money on a whim.”

…

you shouldn’t

held Caroline’s hand and squeezed slightly. He was overjoyed, but his tone remained calm. “It wasn’t a lot of

that he had to be lying. He’d bought the villa just to

right.

I’m very glad that you bought me a villa. You even put my name on the deed! But I can’t accept

was stiff as he said,

know how you put together the deposit. But I know this means

to pay off the bank loan. I hope you won’t waste the rest of your life just to afford a house. This villa is too much of

you.”

at

Was she

…

concerned for him?

felt filled with some unknown emotion. Even his

I told you that this money means nothing to

was, and he definitely didn’t understand this bank loan thing. To him, a villa was just another number

a lot of hard work to make enough to buy a villa

parents could still stay in Hectafleur after the fall of the Evans family

Evans family couldn’t even afford the expensive

became impatient. “Alright, it seems I

and looked

it at a low price. I heard that the villa is haunted. The place is impossible to

Caroline asked, “Really?”

asked back,

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humans had. They had hurt her so many times.