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?”

so much. He won’t do anything to

…

talking to Kirk Morrison. He chuckled. “You’re the one that my brother nurtured, after

below Jude. He had a beer belly,

that being able to put down all the things you were doing overseas to rush back home is

and Uncle Jude. Our country has been developing rapidly. I only came back because I saw the commercial potential

a pity your father hadn’t come home with you. Otherwise, my brother and I would have been able

turned cold. He said indifferently, “It’s a good thing that he didn’t come then. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have been able to

eyebrows together.

car accident at

Jude said anxiously.

“No.”

sank into his chair, then asked concernedly, “What

cars collided with each other. Both drivers

we can’t find out if this was deliberate or accidental?” Jude’s wits were sharp, and he

the old man was indeed clueless before

help,” he said. “Your father and I are brothers. I would have

you, Uncle Jude. But I don’t want to bother you with that,” Kirk refused politely. “I will get to the bottom of it. Not many people know that I’ve returned. I think I’ll be

a low voice, “Are you suspecting

three large families of Osbury about

answer but said determinedly, “I just hope that you’ll be able to

for a moment, raising an eyebrow. Then, he broke the somber atmosphere with a chuckle. “Of course.” He looked at Thomas

“He might have gotten delayed because of work. He would have rushed

began admiring you. I watched him grow

on a smile. His thoughts wandered

Would it be too much

a

gaze