Bogus Billionaire By Shining Riviera

Caroline shook her head. “What are you thinking? I’m only giving an example. It’s been a few months since I married Kirk, I think. I’ve met his family too. But for some reason, I feel like the person I know isn’t the real him. It’s just a persona he’s showing me.”

Gwen replied, “Maybe you’ll get to know him more if you spend more time together.”

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“Maybe.” Caroline half–heartedly put her hair up.

“Enough, let’s not talk about this anymore. Let’s drink!”

Gwen raised her glass and was about to clink it with Caroline’s. But then her gaze fell on Caroline’s neck. “Carol, what happened to your neck?”

It didn’t look like a hickey. On the contrary, it looked like someone had throttled her.

Caroline remembered the marks and put her hair back down.

“It’s nothing.”

“Is Kirk abusing you?” Gwen sprung up as she said this. “I’ll kill him!”

“Calm down.” Caroline pulled at Gwen.

“It has nothing to do with Kirk. It was Eddy.”

Gwen grabbed a

I’m fine. You’re drunk. Calm down

Her body swayed. Feeling awful, she slumped in a corner

saw this, she waited until Gwen finished before handing

cool breeze blew past. Gwen finally felt

Caroline in pain. “Why did

sure.” Caroline pulled Gwen up. “I’ll take

and sobbed. “Carol, my poor Carol. If Kirk dares do anything bad to you, I’ll

a pair of long legs appeared before her.

until a low voice sounded in her ear. It was then that she realized she

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get that chance.”

pulled Caroline over

neck,

“Eddy did this?”

by Kirk’s sudden appearance, Caroline froze. Then, she

Gwen to his car. By the looks of it, Gwen was obediently leaning against Sean. They seemed perfectly fine together.

and looked back

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“Answer me.”