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.”

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

those around him and said, ” Recently, Easton’s market has focused on cosmetics. Do any of you have anything to say about the results

their heads in unison. They assumed that Kirk’s gentle side

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

than ten years. This was their first time seeing him leave the office early, and it was needless to say that

were all astonished.

just when he reached the parking

who I met today?” said

around the

“I met your wife! She was

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 upon the latter driving to the hospital. The eagerness on his face then made

long ago and could not remember anything

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

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

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

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he touched her. Kirk froze, and after a moment, he let his hand slide slowly down to her soft lips.

lips met, and a chill ran

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

isn’t. But if we were in public and you had pushed me away as

a second to reply. “So you’re saying you were testing my reflexes just

After knowing that Kirk was married, Jude had started asking him to bring her home

come.

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