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.”

voice lingered, and the words plucked at her heartstrings. Caroline muttered

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.

in unison. They assumed that Kirk’s gentle side

and documents, and left the meeting room, leaving the company’s executives staring blankly at each other in confusion.

This was their first time seeing him leave the office early, and it was

were all astonished.

received a call from Sean just when he reached the parking lot

Morrison, guess who I met today?” said

around

knowing Kirk was about to end the call, Sean cut straight to the point and said, “I met your wife! She

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

could not remember anything strange about it.

face when she saw Kirk at the door.” You’re here.” She took a

at Caroline’s figure 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;

walked out of the kitchen, carrying 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 the tree. His heart skipped a

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and brushed a strand of hair off her face. His hand was rough, and both of them shuddered from the spark of static when he touched her. 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 her heart would jump out of her ribcage very soon. Kirk had his eyes locked intently on her glossy lips, and, as if they were inviting him, he leaned over and gently pressed

met, and a chill ran up her

isn’t in our

it isn’t. But if we were in public and you had pushed me away as you did just now, others

Caroline took a second to reply. “So you’re saying

was married, Jude had started asking him to bring her home to meet her and never ceased urging him to

come.

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