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.”

plucked at her heartstrings. Caroline muttered a “Yes,” hung up,

of those around him and said, ” Recently, Easton’s market has focused on cosmetics. Do

They assumed that Kirk’s gentle

seat, grabbed his phone and documents, and left the meeting room, leaving the company’s executives staring blankly at each other in confusion. These people

This was their first time seeing him

were all astonished.

call from Sean just when he reached

guess who I met

around the

the point and said, “I met your wife! She was at the jewelry store in the city center. She must’ve

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

not long ago and could not remember anything strange about it. The drive back to Caroline’s place was no

she saw Kirk at the door.” You’re here.” She took a pair of slippers from the cupboard for him and turned to the kitchen. “The

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; there was

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

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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

and a chill

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

said, “Yep, it isn’t. But if we

reply. “So you’re saying you were testing

to blow our cover, right?” After knowing that Kirk was married, Jude had started asking him to bring her

come.

abroad. This meant that she would have to go overseas. Foreigners were usually pretty open–minded, so