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.”

at her heartstrings. Caroline muttered a “Yes,” hung up, and went straight to do the

hanging up, Kirk’s expression turned cold and unreadable as usual. He ignored the curious glances of those around him and said, ” Recently, Easton’s market has focused on cosmetics. Do any of you have anything to say about the results

shook their heads in unison. They assumed that Kirk’s gentle side was merely

left the meeting room, leaving the company’s executives staring blankly at each other in confusion. These people were all transferred back

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

were all astonished.

received a call from Sean just when he reached the

Morrison, guess who I

around

said, “I met your wife! She was at the jewelry store

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

upon hearing Sean’s words. He recalled his conversation with Caroline not long ago and could not remember anything strange about it. The drive back to Caroline’s place

saw Kirk at the door.” You’re here.” She took a pair of slippers from the cupboard for

in the living room; there was a sofa set and table. A pot of spider plant stood in one corner of the

on her. She was wearing an apron with a teddy bear printed on it. Her face was red, even without makeup, and she

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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 her heart would jump out of her ribcage very soon. Kirk had his

met, and a

pushed Kirk away. “T–This isn’t in

at the sight of the blushing young woman before him. He licked his lips and said, “Yep, it isn’t. But if we were in public and you had pushed me away as you did just now, others would start to doubt our relationship as man

you’re saying you were testing

month. You don’t want to blow our cover, right?” After knowing that Kirk was married, Jude had started asking him to bring

come.

your 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