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.”

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

hanging up, Kirk’s 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

in unison. They assumed that Kirk’s gentle

room, leaving the company’s executives staring blankly at each other in confusion. These people

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

were all astonished.

from Sean just when he

I met today?” said

around the

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

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

conversation with Caroline not long ago and could not remember anything strange about it. The

open the door with her apron still on. A smile spread across her face when she saw Kirk at the door.”

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

printed on it.

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to her soft lips. Now, it was Caroline’s turn to freeze. She thought her heart would jump out of

a chill ran up her

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

of the 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

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

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

come.

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