Bogus Billionaire by Shining Riviera

Chapter 41

Caroline’s eyes fluttered open to see Kirk smirking at her. “What are you doing?” he asked, amused.

Immediately, her face flushed red. “N–nothing!”

“But you closed your eyes just now-”

“I was… I just couldn’t make myself look at the tie.” In her haste, she told him the first excuse she could come up with. She looked around the spot she was standing in, trying to think of a way to get out of this predicament.

Suddenly, the painting he’d given her popped into her mind, and she mumbled, “I–I have to keep the painting somewhere… I’m going back to my room.” With that, she darted out of the dining room and into her room, closing the door with a bang.

Kirk watched her the entire time. As he stared at the closed door of her bedroom, the smile in his eyes faded and was replaced with his usual icy look.

He’d almost lost control of himself… and he’d never done that in front of a woman before!

Maybe Sean was right. Maybe he did like Caroline a bit. But that didn’t mean that it was love!

returned to her room and hid under her blanket. She hid, as if she could delude herself into thinking that her racing heart said nothing about what she’d felt

felt

was as if she’d

Right! Bewitched!

too handsome! She definitely wasn’t

her jump out of her skin. She glanced at the screen.

Gwen.

me! Why are you even calling me at this

something fishy. “Oh? Why can’t I call you now?

into her mouth. Her mind replayed the scene where she was tying

sound

to beat your ass.” Caroline buried herself deeper into the depths of her blankets. “Why are

the one who knows me best!” Gwen started sounding suspicious. “Are you

“Why?”

came from the other end of the line. “When I switched on my

it was the Collins family trying to get positive publicity, but when I clicked the notifications, the news was all about Brie and her people cornering

of nowhere at that

though. The journalist who reported this