Bogus Billionaire by Shining Riviera

Chapter 5

Caroline was amused by Gwen’s outburst. “You’ve read too many romance novels. I just picked him off the street. He has nothing to do with the Morrisons. The only thing they have in common is that he works in one of their companies.”

“Oh.” Gwen was disappointed. “So he’s Eddy’s employee. Doesn’t that mean that Eddy can bully you whenever he wants?”

Caroline’s eyes darkened. “He … probably wouldn’t because of Old Mr. Morrison. Besides, I’m already married. Eddy probably won’t come and bother me anymore.”

Gwen relaxed a little, but when she thought of Eddy’s harassment, she felt angry on her friend’s behalf. “If it were up to me, I’d have beaten up that man. Does he not know how much you wanted to marry him?”

Caroline said, “It’s already in the past, Gwen. In the future, Eddy and I will be our own people. We will not interfere with each other.”

“So your marriage …” Gwen hesitated. “It hasn’t been made known to Old Mr. Morrison yet, has it? If he comes to know about it, he’ll be sad.”

Caroline had just begun to feel calm, but now she was worried again. She felt guilty when Jude was brought up. It was him who had finalized her engagement with Eddy. When the Evanses met their demise, everyone waited for him to retract his statement and turn her into a joke, yet he hadn’t done that at all. Instead, he’d publicly announced that she was the only person he would accept as his granddaughter-in-law.

Because of her, he and Eddy had argued several times.

Now that things had ended up this way, Caroline only felt guilty toward Jude.

“I’ll tell him tonight,” Caroline said. She would rather have him hear it from herself than from someone else.

Gwen was worried. “Do you need me to go with you?”

for me so much. He won’t do anything to

…

Kirk Morrison. He chuckled. “You’re the one that my brother nurtured, after all. You’re ten years younger than Thomas, but you handle things with such composure.

beer belly, but one

younger brother, Kirk, “is that being able to put down all the things you were doing overseas to rush back home is an

was pleasantly surprised by their praise. He brushed his finger against his lips elegantly. “Thank you, Thomas and Uncle Jude. Our country has been developing rapidly. I

pity your father hadn’t come home with you. Otherwise, my

he

eyebrows together. “What

a car accident

said anxiously. “Were you

“No.”

good.” The old man sank into his chair, then asked concernedly, “What

collided with each

out if this was deliberate or accidental?” Jude’s wits were sharp, and he caught

He confirmed that the old man was

I will help,” he said. “Your father and I are brothers. I would have investigated it without you

Kirk refused politely. “I will get to the bottom of it. Not many people know that I’ve

“Are you suspecting foul play by the

told the other three large families of Osbury about Kirk’s

not answer but said

an eyebrow. Then, he broke the somber atmosphere with a chuckle. “Of course.”

work. He would have rushed

smiling. “Ever since meeting you a couple of times overseas, he began admiring you. I watched him grow up, yet I’ve

a smile. His

also called Eddy? Would it

Thomas waved a

retracted his gaze and looked at