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.”

and the words plucked at her heartstrings. Caroline muttered a “Yes,” hung

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

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

rose from his 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 were all transferred

time seeing him leave the office early, and it

were all astonished.

Sean just when he reached the parking

who I

around the

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

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

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

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

glanced around the house. It was not huge, but it was cozy. There was no TV in the living room; there was a sofa set and table. A pot of spider plant stood in one

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

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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

lips met, and a chill ran up her

breathless, she pushed Kirk away. “T–This isn’t in our contract…” She stuttered so

it isn’t. But if we were in

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

come.

have to go overseas. Foreigners were usually pretty open–minded, so kissing should be common