Bogus Billionaire by Shining Riviera

Chapter 18

Once again, Gwen’s imagination rendered Caroline speechless. “If he truly is some rich man’s son, why would he marry me so quickly?”

Gwen scratched her head, searching for an answer that never came to her. Caroline smiled, amused. “Fine. I’ll ask him about it when I go back home. Then we’ll get our answer.”

“Oh, right,” Gwen said, beaming.

After the two of them said goodbye, Caroline gave Kirk a call. “Let’s have dinner together tonight.” Even though they were married, they stayed in their respective homes. Strictly speaking, they had never even had lunch or dinner together. “Sure,” Kirk replied, the corner of his lips already tilting upward in a smile.

“Well then, come to my house. What do you want for dinner? I’ll go buy the ingredients to make it.”

“Just cook something you like.”

Eddy’s face suddenly popped into her mind. Whenever she made dinner for him over the past eight years, he would always list out the dishes that he wanted. He never asked her about the food she liked. It was as if she never had a favorite food.

“Alright,” Caroline replied. Although the sun had set, signaling the end of the day, her voice was bright and cheery.

Affected by her spirit, Kirk said in a soft voice, “Wait for me

…

to come home.”

her heartstrings. Caroline muttered a “Yes,”

as usual. He ignored the curious glances of those around him and said, ”

heads in unison. They assumed that Kirk’s

left the meeting room, leaving the company’s executives staring blankly

Kirk for more than ten years. This was their first time seeing him leave the office early, and it was needless to

were all astonished.

a call from Sean just when he reached the

guess who I met today?” said

around

to end the call, Sean cut straight to the point and said, “I met your wife! She was at the jewelry store in the city center. She must’ve gone there to appraise the

could not hold back his laughter now. When they both attended the auction that day, he had assumed it was because Kirk wanted to participate in the grandest auction in Easton. In the end, they left right after Kirk got the bracelet. He had been wondering to whom Kirk would give the bracelet before he chanced upon the latter driving to the hospital. The eagerness on his face then made Sean suspicious about Kirk and Caroline’s relationship. Were they really just partners bound by a

anything strange about it.

smile spread across her face when she saw Kirk at the door.” You’re here.” She took a pair of slippers from the cupboard for

in the kitchen and then glanced around the house. It was not huge, but it was cozy. There was no TV in the living room; there

the soup pot with her. Kirk’s gaze fell on her. She was wearing an apron with a teddy bear printed on it. Her face was red, even without makeup, and she looked like a ripe apple ready to be plucked from

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Kirk froze, and after a moment, he let his hand slide slowly down to her soft lips. Now, it was Caroline’s turn to freeze. She thought

lips met, and a

away. “T–This isn’t in our contract…” She stuttered

and said, “Yep, it isn’t. But if we were in public

a second to reply. “So you’re saying you were

family next month. You don’t want to blow our cover, right?” After knowing that Kirk was married, Jude had started asking him to bring her home to meet her and never ceased urging him to do so. He never expected this

come.

family?” Caroline recalled that Kirk’s family was abroad. This meant that she would have to go overseas. Foreigners were usually pretty open–minded, so kissing should be common to them. This would also mean that she and Kirk would be