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.”

heartstrings. Caroline muttered a “Yes,” hung up, and went straight

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

unison. They assumed that Kirk’s gentle side was

from his seat, grabbed his phone and documents, and left the meeting room, leaving

years. This was their first time seeing him leave the

were all astonished.

call from Sean just when he

guess who I met

around the

“I met your wife! She was at the jewelry store in the city center. She must’ve gone there to appraise the bracelet you

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

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 was no longer pleasant because his thoughts were now in

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

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

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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

met, and a

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

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,

to reply. “So you’re

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

come.

she would have to go overseas. Foreigners were usually pretty open–minded,