Bogus Billionaire By Shining Riviera

Chapter 299

Kirk lifted a drowsy Caroline back into their home. After helping her with her bath and changing into her pajamas, he tucked her up in bed.

Then, he headed to the study and switched on the PC.

After the screen lit up, his eyes zeroed in on the file containing the Information Quentin had procured for Carolie. He clicked it open.

On the other side of the city, Quentin was busy typing away at his keyboard. He glanced at Adrian, who sat behind him drinking a bottle of

wine.

“Hey, didn’t you say that you were buying me a drink? Why do I feel like you bought it for yoursell?”

Adrian carried on drinking instead of giving him a reply. Later, Quentin let go of his mouse and stood up, waiting for the PC to continue its operation on its own.

He sat down beside Adrian and said, “What’s wrong? That woman doesn’t have eyes for you?” Quentin knew that the Sorkins had arranged a blind date for Adrian.

Adrian took a gulp from the bottle and told him, “I met Caroline today.”

Quentin clicked his tongue. He knew it was about her.

After taking another gulp of the alcohol, Adrian continued, “She came to the restaurant with her husband today. Every time she mentioned him, she’d always have this proud and blessed look on her face. I

“I’m really curious just what kind of a man he is to be able to make her change so much and become totally different from what she was like when she was little.”

Quentin was stunned. This was the first time he had seen Adrian so upset.

A moment later, he stopped joking and said, “Hey, we’ve known each other for so many years, but why haven’t you talked to me about her in the past?”

“What’s there to talk about?” Adrian smiled bitterly.

“When we were young, they said she was destined to marry Eddy. Later, when I learned that she broke off her engagement with him, she’d already married another man. Maybe we just aren’t meant to be.”

was the effect of wine that made Adrian so open about his thoughts. He slouched on the couch, looking very dispirited and

fell silent and grabbed himself a bottle of beer.

of this too. It was why I went on the blind date,” Adrian

when Yvonne talked

very well that the best thing he could do was lend Adrian an ear, so he kept

wondered what Caroline was doing at that time and what she would say if she were the person sitting across from me. Maybe

say anything

snapped Adrian out of his stupor,

the PC.

set down the beer bottle

the UFC wrestler who’s also Caroline’s driver? I’ve started looking into his background and everything related to his personal

on the keyboard and sald, “Do you want to come over here and take a look

walking toward Quentin. He had sobered up a bit already,

were kind of blurry.

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fonts to make the words larger, Quentin moved the cursor and opened the lile. Interesting. He studied at the same

scrolled downward, and the look on his face became more troubled.

held on to the backrest of Quentin’s chair for support. The longer he stared at the screen, the paler he turned. In the

rushed off to get a first ald box and went through it to get something to relieve Adrian of the hangover. The PC was left forgotten in the living room.

all the documents for the election and took a

“Do

offer. It wasn’t that Kirk would embarrass her or anything. It was just that she knew those in Evans Group would scorn her if they saw Kirk

him to be exposed to their sharp tongues and sarcastic words. Kirk wasn’t

“Are you sure?”

Caroline nodded and held his

you once the results are

advantage of this, he said, “Kiss me once, and I’ll agree to it.”

arms around his neck and pecked him on

back of her head and leaned in for another kiss. It

she gasped for

“Our kiss must be as long as

to gobble up her breakfast as she pretended not to