Bogus Billionaire by Shining Riviera

Chapter 1

Caroline Evans was getting married.

Not to her fiancé, Eddy Morrison, whom she had loved for eight years. Instead, she was marrying a man she’d only met for all of five minutes and knew very little about.

“You can still back out.” The man looked at Caroline cynically in the waiting room of City Hall.

Caroline toyed nervously with the already creased hem of her shirt, Eddy’s cold expression flashing through her mind. Three days ago, Eddy, who usually avoided her like the plague, invited her over for dinner. When she received his call, she naively thought that her eight years of effort was finally paying off.

She had dolled herself up and showed up eagerly. However, there were others besides Eddy waiting for her. Sitting in a wheelchair with her fingers laced with Eddy’s was a glowing, radiant Layla Evans, who was none other than her cousin.

Before Caroline could take in their relationship, Eddy dropped a bomb on her.

“If you donate your kidney to Layla, I’ll marry you.”

Caroline was dumbfounded. She stared at Eddy in disbelief. His gaze was cold and indifferent, with a hint of hatred, as if he was not looking at his fiancée of eight years but at a sworn enemy.

Caroline was numb all over.

She had been betrothed to Eddy since they were young. When she returned to the country at 16, she fell head over heels for him. For eight years, she’d gained skills to be the perfect wife.

She’d learned to do the laundry and cook. She’d taken up music and art lessons. Despite knowing that he hated her, she loved him and was drawn to him like a moth to the flame. All so that one day, he would see how great she was and agree sincerely to marry her.

But now, reality hit her like a truck. Not only did Eddy not love her, he’d fallen for her cousin. He was willing to sacrifice her to save the woman he loved. Eddy knew how much Caroline wanted to be his wife, yet he agreed to fulfill her wish only if she did the same for him.

This was outright humiliation.

her love for him vanished in an instant and

to kill

even capable of

not negotiating with you. I’m informing you. If you refuse, I could

her fists

anger and disappointment surged in her chest whenever

that Eddy was not

had enormous power to fulfill his goal. If it weren’t for Jude Morrison, his grandfather, Eddy might not even have told her about it. He would

herself, she had to marry someone to prevent Eddy’s plan from

and replied,

she looked at the man next to

shared

on his profile. He had nothing to do with the Morrisons she knew. He was just an ordinary white-collar worker. The only thread he shared in common with them was that he was working in

and broad shoulders. He was so perfectly sculpted that it was hard to spot any flaws. When Caroline had first laid eyes

“Ms. Evans.”

at him for too long. Kirk had spoken in a

that it was

snapped back to reality and brushed strands of

to hide her face and smiled. “Do

do.” As Kirk watched, Caroline said, “The marriage will last three years. We cannot involve our private matters in our marriage. And last, we cannot fall in love with each other. We will end this marriage immediately if we find true

Caroline was perplexed. “Why are you suddenly

and lowered his head a little, his eyelashes fluttering. “I’m afraid of you

breaths before

fall for anyone again. Having her heart broken once

eyebrow, his gaze as deep as an abyss. After a while, he lifted his head. “That’s

had shifted too abruptly. Caroline was stunned for a moment before realizing that it was their turn

seeing a couple of newlyweds who had just received their marriage certificates and were

this with Eddy multiple times. In fact, while on the way to meet Kirk, she’d still

the

she heard that, Caroline found that she was not angry at all. Rather, ironically,