Bogus Billionaire by Shining Riviera

“He’s in the lounge now. Would you like to meet him?” asked Simon.

“It’s only right for me to thank him in person. Can you show me the way?”

“Of course.”

Simon dropped what he was working on and ushered Caroline to the lounge.

On the way there, Caroline couldn’t hold back her racing heart. She was about to meet the mysterious business tycoon. In an attempt to

calm down, she rubbed her temples.

“We are here,” said Simon after a few minutes of walking. He then turned to Caroline and said, “I shall take my leave now.”

Caroline nodded. After Simon disappeared, she knocked on the door. She did it a few more times, but only silence answered her.

Meekly, Caroline uttered, “Hi there, Mr. Morrison. I’m Caroline. I invited you to dinner last time, but you couldn’t come. If it weren’t for your

help today. I…”

husky voice from

flustered. “Why are

of

urges he’d tried so hard to suppress flared up again, making

looked away. No more

to find Eddy’s second uncle, answered Caroline,

his eyebrows.

“I respect him

of a sudden, Kirk closed the distance between them, He held Caroline’s waist in one hand and grabbed the door handle with another. As the panicking Caroline floundered in his embrace, his

“Stop.”

Caroline’s being. She rested her hands on Kirk’s

Kirk.” Caroline’s voice broke, as if it were a plea. No one was

aback by Caroline’s reaction. “Are

shook her

shone like pearls, adorning her beautiful features. Kirk scooped out one of the tears and asked, “What

overflowed her face. The tough front she’d put up crumbled like paper before Kirk, But who could blame her? She was so

Kirk didn’t

but they wouldn’t stop appearing. He gave up, and instead, he leaned in and kissed

face of Kirk’s greedy and unrelenting kisses.

a sly grin. He then twisted the door handle, but Caroline immediately

Caroline. Eddy’s second