Bogus Billionaire by Shining Riviera

Chapter 139

Caroline toyed with a roly–poly in the living room. When she looked at Kirk, he was staring back at her. It was as though they were telepathic. She tossed him a smile.

Kirk swallowed before finally speaking into the phone. “I’ll ask Carrie about it.”

“Okay.” Ivan finally heaved a sigh of relief. After ending the call, he went back to the living room.

Avery’s parents were there. As Ivan returned, they asked him, “Ivan, what did Kirk say?”

“I told him to ask Caroline what she thinks of this.”

Still, Avery’s parents didn’t relent. Instead, their faces were full of worry when they spoke. “Ivan, we’re so sorry about this. Avery didn’t know that something like this would happen either.”

Ivan waved a hand in the air to dismiss it. “Enough talk about that. What’s important is that

Caroline and Kirk are okay now.”

His words made the Mendeley couple feel even more guilty.

They glanced at Avery beside them, but they didn’t have it in them to reprimand her. She was their own daughter, after all. Besides, she was usually very gentle and obedient.

Even Ivan found this incident rather odd. Perhaps it had nothing to do with Avery.

Meanwhile, Kirk went back to the living room with his phone in hand. Caroline saw him coming and placed the roly–poly back on the coffee table. “What happened? Was it a call from your office?”

Kirk slid his arms around her waist from behind and kissed

rarely see you looking so troubled.

to go

from Dad,” Kirk answered. “He said

smile on Caroline’s face

gut instincts told her that Avery liked Kirk, even though there was nothing to prove it. What happened last night must have had something

Avery.

you want to go back

around to face him and asked, “I have a question. Can you give me

“Sure.”

have known each other since childhood, right? Were you ever…

past?”

held Caroline’s chin with his hand and said, “No. We’re just

“Really?”

you believe me?”

“Does

frowned as if he were contemplating it. “I

like her then?”

forehead against Caroline’s. “Are

being serious right now.”

away from him, making Kirk’s

situation.

kiss her on the lips. It made Caroline’s

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