Bogus Billionaire by Shining Riviera

Chapter 43

“K–Kirk? What are you doing here?”

Kirk calmly pointed at a private dining room nearby. “I was supposed to meet a business partner, but he wasn’t able to come today. I saw you when you came in, so I figured I’d drop by and say hi.

Caroline let out a sigh of relief. For a second there, she’d actually thought that Kirk was Eddy’s

second uncle! What a relief!

She’d barely regained her composure when her phone started ringing. She almost pounced on the

table to answer the call.

“Carrie.” Jude’s voice greeted her. “Your second uncle gave me a call just now. Something came up, and he won’t be able to meet you today. He asked me to apologize to you on his behalf, but he

promised to buy you a meal later to make up for it.

Caroline quickly glanced at Kirk, who was standing outside the door. Compared to before, her gaze

Kad turned dull. Tightly gripping her phone, she forced a smile as she said, “It’s alright. Thanks,

Grandpa!”

she hung up the

date left you

sight of Caroline’s reaction made Kirk

She looked completely defeated. The anticipation that had been

“It looks like we’re victims

“You seem… quite

Caroline’s face at the mention of

I don’t even know him. But yeah, he’s the smartest person that I know

he saw

might not be what

mouth and coughed. “What I meant to say is that there’s always more than meets the eye when it comes to knowing

he really is

over the company, Eddy’s second uncle had been able to turn it into

much. She just wanted to learn a thing or two from him so

was clearly praising him, but for some reason,

uncomfortable about it

“Let’s order”

“Sure.”

flew by, and Jude’s birthday

days, Caroline invited Gwen to go get

together.