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,” hung up, and

usual. He ignored the curious glances of those around him and said, ”

assumed that Kirk’s gentle side was merely

phone and documents, and left the meeting room, leaving the company’s

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

were all astonished.

received a call from Sean just when he reached the parking

Morrison, guess who I met today?” said

beating 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 jewelry store in the city

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

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

still on. A smile spread across her face when she saw Kirk at the door.” You’re

huge, but it was cozy. There was no TV in the

ready.” Caroline walked out of the 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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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

and a chill ran up her

Still breathless, she pushed Kirk away. “T–This isn’t in

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

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 her and

come.

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