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?”

around her waist from behind and kissed

rarely see you looking so troubled. Did something happen at

to go

Kirk answered. “He said Avery wants to

Caroline’s face vanished at once.

told her that Avery liked Kirk, even though there

Avery.

to go back there?”

around to face him and asked, “I have a

“Sure.”

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

past?”

Caroline’s chin with his hand and said, “No.

“Really?”

believe me?”

“Does she like

if he were contemplating it.

you like her then?”

his forehead against Caroline’s. “Are you jealous?” He teased her

I’m being serious right

from him, making Kirk’s face turn serious as he

situation.

he lowered his head to kiss her on the lips. It made Caroline’s mind

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