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 beer

hurriedly stopped her. “Gwen, I’m fine. You’re drunk.

was truly somewhat drunk. Her body swayed. Feeling awful, she slumped in a corner and puked into a

until Gwen finished before handing her some tissues and water.

blew past. Gwen finally felt a bit more alert.

“Why did that asshole go to see you?”

pulled Gwen up. “I’ll take you home.”

slumped against Caroline’s shoulder and sobbed. “Carol, my poor Carol. If Kirk

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It was then that she realized she was sure of what she

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to Sean behind him. Then, he pulled Caroline over and looked

neck,

“Eddy did this?”

sudden appearance, Caroline froze. Then, she

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

worrying and looked back

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“Answer me.”