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.”

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

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

They assumed that Kirk’s gentle side

Kirk rose from his seat, grabbed his phone and documents, and left the meeting room, leaving the company’s executives staring blankly at each other

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

were all astonished.

Sean just

guess who I met today?” said

beating around

Sean cut straight to the point and said, “I met your wife! She was at the jewelry

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 upon

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

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

TV in the living room;

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

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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

met, and a chill

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

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

you’re

Kirk was married, Jude had started asking him to bring her home to meet her and never ceased urging him to do so. He

come.

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